سَامِعْةٌ لِلْهَوِى مُطِيْعَةْ

سَامِعْةٌ لِلْهَوِى مُطِيْعَةْ

لَيْسَتْ لِهَجْرِي بِمُسْتَطِيْعَهْ

لَيْسَتْ لِهَجْرِي بِمُسْتَطِيْعَهْ

She heeds love and obeys it;

she cannot forsake me.

رَوَى لَهَا أهْلُهَا حَدِيْثَاً

رَوَى لَهَا أهْلُهَا حَدِيْثَاً

وَعَتْهُ أُذْنٌ لَهَا سَمِيْعَهْ

وَعَتْهُ أُذْنٌ لَهَا سَمِيْعَهْ

Her family told her a tale;

her keen ear took it in.

قَدْ ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ صُرُوفِ دَهْرٍ

قَدْ ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ صُرُوفِ دَهْرٍ

أَحْدَاثُهُ جَمَّةٌ فَظِيْعَهْ

أَحْدَاثُهُ جَمَّةٌ فَظِيْعَهْ

She has laughed at the turns of time,

whose events are many and dreadful.

وَخَاضِبُ الشَّيْبِ فِي ثَلاَثٍ

وَخَاضِبُ الشَّيْبِ فِي ثَلاَثٍ

تَهْتِكُ أَسْتَارَهُ الطبِيْعَهْ

تَهْتِكُ أَسْتَارَهُ الطبِيْعَهْ

And he who dyes his gray hair—within three [nights],

nature tears away his veils.

مَنْ يَتَطَبَّعْ بِغَيْرِ طَبْعٍ

مَنْ يَتَطَبَّعْ بِغَيْرِ طَبْعٍ

يَرْجِعْ صَغِيْرَاً إِلَى الطَّبِيْعَهْ

يَرْجِعْ صَغِيْرَاً إِلَى الطَّبِيْعَهْ

Whoever affects a nature other than his own

returns, humbled, to his natural disposition.