أنم من المرآة في كل ما درى

أنم من المرآة في كل ما درى

واقطع بين الناس من قصب الهند

واقطع بين الناس من قصب الهند

More of a talebearer than a mirror in all he knows,

More telltale than a mirror in disclosing all it sees,

And keener at sundering people than the reeds of India.

and sharper at severing people apart than Indian steel,

أظن المنايا والزمان تعلما

أظن المنايا والزمان تعلما

تحيله بالقطع بين ذوي الود

تحيله بالقطع بين ذوي الود

I think Death and Time have learned

I believe that Fate and Time have learned from him

His cunning in parting those bound by love.

the art of cleaving bonds between those bound by love.