إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle خَفَفْتُI moved lightly كَعَهْدِas in the days of الصِّباyouth
إذا ما خَفَفْتُ كَعَهْدِ الصِّبا
أَبَتْrefused ذَلِكَthat الْخَمْسُthe five والأَرْبَعوناand forty
أَبَتْ ذَلِكَ الْخَمْسُ والأَرْبَعونا
Whenever I move lightly as in the days of youth,
When I lighten up, as in the days of youth,
My forty-five years will not allow it.
Forty five refuses that,
وَماand not ثَقُلَتْgrew heavy كِبَراًfrom old age وَطْأَتيmy tread
وَما ثَقُلَتْ كِبَراً وَطْأَتي
وَلَكِنْand yet أجُرُّI drag وَرائيbehind me السِّنيناthe years
وَلَكِنْ أجُرُّ وَرائي السِّنينا
My tread has not grown heavy from old age,
My weight has not become heavy with old age,
But I drag the years behind me.
But I drag behind me the years.
Sol 6.1