وَعَيشِكَ لَم يَطِب لي قَطُ عَيشٌ

وَعَيشِكَ لَم يَطِب لي قَطُ عَيشٌ

وَقَد فارَقَتني يَوماً فِراقا

وَقَد فارَقَتني يَوماً فِراقا

By your life, life has never been sweet to me,

Your life never did delight me a life,

And one day she parted from me in separation.

When it parted from me one day in separation.

أَخي وَشَبيبَتي فارَقتُ رَغماً

أَخي وَشَبيبَتي فارَقتُ رَغماً

وَقَد واصَلتُ شَيبي وَالفِراقا

وَقَد واصَلتُ شَيبي وَالفِراقا

I unwillingly parted from my brother and my youth,

My youth and my brother it parted against my will,

And I have kept company with my gray hair and separation.

And I met my old age and separation.