هَذا زَمانٌ سَيّئٌ

هَذا زَمانٌ سَيّئٌ

والسّوءُ فيه قد بدَا

والسّوءُ فيه قد بدَا

This is a bad age.

This is an evil time

And evil has appeared in it.

Whose vileness has appeared,

مَن جادَ فيهِ لم يَجِدْ

مَن جادَ فيهِ لم يَجِدْ

ولم يَجُدْ من وَجَدا

ولم يَجُدْ من وَجَدا

Whoever was generous in it lacked means.

He who is generous finds naught,

And whoever had means was not generous.

And he who finds will find nothing.