مضى الاحرار وانقرضوا وبادوا

مضى الاحرار وانقرضوا وبادوا

وخلفنى الزمان على علوج

وخلفنى الزمان على علوج

The noble men have passed away, died out, and perished;

The free men are gone, extinct, vanished,

And time has left me among boors.

And time has left me on the mountain ridges.

وقالوا قد لزمت البيت جدا

وقالوا قد لزمت البيت جدا

فقلت لفقد فائدة الخروج

فقلت لفقد فائدة الخروج

And they said, "You have kept to the house so much."

They said, "You've stuck too close to home!"

So I said, "Because there is no benefit in going out.

I said, "Without purpose, what's the point of going out?"

فمن ألقى اذا أبصرت فيهم

فمن ألقى اذا أبصرت فيهم

قرودا راكبين على السروج

قرودا راكبين على السروج

For whom would I meet, when I see among them

When I see them, who resemble

Monkeys riding on saddles?"

Apes mounted on coaches,

زمان عز فيه الجود حتى

زمان عز فيه الجود حتى

تعالى الجود فى أعلى البروج

تعالى الجود فى أعلى البروج

An age in which generosity grew so scarce that

It was a time when generosity was glorious,

Generosity rose into the loftiest towers.

Exalted to the highest celestial mansions.