1. وَمُحصِيَةٍ أَعمارَنا كُلَما اِنقَضَت

    لَنا ساعَةٌ دَقَت لَها جَرَسَ الحُزنِ

    And a reckoner of our lifetimes—whenever there passed

    An hour for us, she rang for it the bell of sorrow.

  2. فَيا بنتَ هَذا الدَهرِ سِرتِ مَسيرَهُ

    فَهَل أَنتِ دونَ الناسِ مِنهُ عَلى أَمنِ

    So, O daughter of this age, you have followed its course;

    So are you, unlike other people, safe from it?