يا دهرُ كم يَشتد حَربُكْ

ويَكُر بالنكَبات خَطُبكْ

O Time, how fierce are your battles,

And how frequent are your calamities!

ما بالُ جَورِك لا يفُي

ق ولا يَلين علي قلبُك

Why does not your tyranny cease,

Nor does your heart soften?

عاصيْتَنى حتى لقد

أوهمَتني أني أحُبك

You have disobeyed me until indeed

You made me think that I love you.

يا دهرُ ما ذنبي الي

ك وقد تعاظَم في ذَنُبك

O Time, what is my sin to you,

While my sin has increased in your sin?

بَيني وبَينك في الذي

أوليتني ربي وربك

Between me and you is He whom

My Lord and your Lord has wronged me.