يا زماناً نعيمُهُ

لم يُعَرِّجْ على يَدي

O time, whose bliss

Has never descended upon my hand

كنسيمٍ مُعَقَّدٍ

وشعاعٍ مُجَسَّدِ

Like a knotted breeze

And embodied ray—

طيبُهُ كالكَرَى يُلِ

مُّ بجَفْنِ المُسَهَّدِ

Its fragrance drizzles

On the eyelid of one lying down

أو كخلق المؤمل ب

نِ الخليلِ بن أحمدِ

Or like the creation of the hopeful with

The son of Khalil son of Ahmad