وَأَرى اللَيالي ما طَوَت مِن قُوَّتي

وَأَرى اللَيالي ما طَوَت مِن قُوَّتي

زادَتهُ في عَقلي وَفي إِفهامي

زادَتهُ في عَقلي وَفي إِفهامي

And I see that what the nights have taken from my strength

And I see the nights have folded away my strength

They have added to my intellect and my ability to explain.

Increasing it in my intellect and understanding

وَعَلِمتُ أَنَّ المَرءَ مِن سُنَن الرَدى

وَعَلِمتُ أَنَّ المَرءَ مِن سُنَن الرَدى

حَيثُ الرَمِيَّةُ مِن سِهامِ الرامي

حَيثُ الرَمِيَّةُ مِن سِهامِ الرامي

And I learned that man stands in death’s paths

And I learned that for a person, decline is destiny’s way

As quarry stands in the path of the archer’s arrows.

Where the target is hit by the archer’s arrows