ضَحِكنا وَكانَ الضِحكُ مِنّا سَفاهَةً

وَحُقَّ لِسُكّانِ البَسيطَةِ أَن يَبكوا

We laughed, and our laughter was foolishness

The dwellers of the desert have the right to weep

يُحَطِّمُنا رَيبُ الزَمانِ كَأَنَّنا

زُجاجٌ وَلَكِن لا يُعادُ لَهُ سَبكُ

The doubt of fate shatters us as though we were

Glass, but glass cannot be melted down again