إن الزمان الذي ما زلت أحصيه

لقد تقضَّى وما حصلته فيه

The time that I have been counting

Has passed and I did not accomplish in it what I hoped

لقد صبرتُ عليه إذ يعاندني

وقد درى بالذي فيه أقاسيه

I was patient with it though it resisted me

And knew what I was enduring in it

من فقد كون أمورٍ كنت اطلبُها

منه ليوفي بعهدٍ كان يوفيه

One who misses being able to do what he sought

For it to fulfill a promise it was fulfilling

وقد أتى زمنُ التقريب يطلبني

بالشكر إذا جاد لي بالوصل من فيه

And the time of reconciliation came seeking me

With gratitude when it was generous to me with connection, whoever was in it

فقلت يا زمني إني به زَمِنٌ

وأنتَ والله لا تدري وأدريه

So I said: O my time, I am displeased with it

While you, by Allah, do not know, though I know it