أرى الدهر بالتفريق والبين مولعا

أرى الدهر بالتفريق والبين مولعا

وللجمع ما بين المحبين آبيا

وللجمع ما بين المحبين آبيا

I see Time enamored of division and separation,

I see time insisting on parting and distance

And averse to bringing lovers together.

Yet against reuniting lovers, refusing

فأُفٌ عليه من زمانٍ كأنني

فأُفٌ عليه من زمانٍ كأنني

خلقت وإياه نُطيل التعاديا

خلقت وإياه نُطيل التعاديا

So fie upon this age—as though I

Alas, what an era as though I

Were created alongside it to prolong our mutual enmity.

And he were created to prolong estrangement