1. سقى اللَهُ أياماً لنا ولياليا

    لهن بأكناف الشباب ملاعب

    May God water the days and nights that were ours,

    Whose playgrounds lay in the precincts of youth,

  2. إذ العيش غض والزمان بغبطة

    وشاهد آفات المحبين غائب

    When life was fresh and time was filled with bliss,

    And the witness to lovers’ afflictions was absent.