ما الدَهرُ إِلّا يَقظَةٌ وَنَومُ

وَلَيلَةٌ بَينَهُما وَيَومُ

Time is nothing but wakefulness and sleep,

And between them, a night and a day.

يَعيشُ قَومٌ وَيَموتُ قَومُ

وَالدَهرُ قاضٍ ما عَلَيهِ لَومُ

One people lives, and another people dies,

And Time is a judge upon whom falls no blame.