لهف نفسي على الزمان وفي

أي زمانٍ دهتني الأزمان

My soul yearns for the days gone by

In what time did time abandon me?

حين جاء الربيع واستقبل الصيـ

ـف وطاب الطلاء والريحان

When spring arrived and summer drew nigh

And the plants were lush and the breeze blew free