يا مَن أراهُ للزَّمانِ حَسَنَهْ

ومَنْ حوى من كُلِّ عِلمٍ حَسَنَهْ

O you who shows the beauty of time,

And who encompasses all beautiful knowledge,

إن غِبْتَ عَنّا سَنةً فَهْيَ سَنَهْ

وسَنَةٌ تحضُرُ فيها وَسَنَهْ

If you are absent from us for a year, it is an eternity,

And a year in which you are present is youthful bliss.