وَقَد كانَت الاِيّامُ اِذ نَحنُ بِاللَوى

تَحَسَن لَو دامَ ذاكَ التَحَسُّن

The days when we were together in the meadows

Would have been good had that happiness lasted.

وَلكِن دَهراً بَعد دَهر تَقَلَّبَت

بِنا مِن نَواحيهِ ظُهور وابطن

But time after time changed for us,

Bringing now joy and now sorrow.