بانَ الشَبابُ وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ بائِنُ
وَالمَرءُ مُرتَهَنٌ بِما هُوَ كائِنُ
Youth has departed, and all things depart.
Youth has departed and all things fade away,
And man is held hostage to what is to come.
And man is pledged to that which is destined.
ظَعَنَت بِهِ أَيّامُهُ وَشُهورُهُ
إِنَّ المُقيمَ عَلى الحَوادِثِ ظاعِنُ
His days and months have carried him away.
His days and months have sneered at him,
Indeed, whoever abides amid vicissitudes is bound to depart.
Truly, he who remains steadfast through adversities is wretched.
ذَهَبَ الشَبابُ وَغاضَ ماءُ بِرَندِهِ
فَاليَومَ مِنهُ كُلُّ وِردٍ آجِنُ
Youth has gone, and the water of its lustre has ebbed.
Youth has departed and the water of his stream is diminishing,
So today every draught from it is stale.
Now from it every freshet is turbid.
دَرَسَت مَحاسِنُهُ وَطارَ غُرابُهُ
وَلَقَد تَكونُ لَهُ عَلَيكَ مَحاسِنُ
Its beauties have faded, and its raven has flown.
Its attributes have passed away and its ravens have flown,
And surely it once had kindnesses for you,
Yet attributes may still remain for you.
أَيّامَ طَرفُكَ لِلجَآذِرِ كامِنٌ
وَالمَوتُ في حَدَقِ الجَآذِرِ كامِنُ
In the days when your gaze lay in wait for the oryx calves,
The days of your prime are devoted to the grave,
And death lurked in the oryx calves' pupils.
And death in the sight of the grave is lurking.
خانَ الزَمانُ أَخاكَ في لَذّاتِهِ
إِنَّ الزَمانَ لِكُلِّ حُرٍّ خائِنُ
Time has betrayed your brother in his pleasures.
Time has betrayed your brother in his pleasures,
Indeed, Time is treacherous to every noble man.
Verily time for every free man is a traitor.
Sol 6.1