كل يوم لنا من الدهر خطبٌ

يتخطّى الورى ويخطو إلينا

Each day a mission from fate at our door,

Steps over the world and steps up to our lives.

ليت نُعمى أيّامنا مثل

بؤساها فيومٌ لنا ويومٌ علينا

Would that we were blind to our days of joy

As the days of our misery, each comes and goes.