ألَم تَرَ أنّ الدهر يَعثُرُ بالفتى

ألَم تَرَ أنّ الدهر يَعثُرُ بالفتى

ولا يستطيعُ المرءُ صَرفَ المقادِرِ

ولا يستطيعُ المرءُ صَرفَ المقادِرِ

Have you not seen how Fate trips up a young man,

Have you not seen that time makes a young man stumble,

and that no man can avert what destiny decrees?

And a man cannot avert the decrees of fate?

صَبرتُ فلم أجزَع ولم أكُ طائعاً

صَبرتُ فلم أجزَع ولم أكُ طائعاً

لحادثِ دَهرٍ في الحكومةِ جائرِ

لحادثِ دَهرٍ في الحكومةِ جائرِ

I bore it patiently: I did not lose heart, nor did I willingly submit

I endured, so I did not lose heart, nor did I yield

to a stroke of Fate, unjust in its judgment.

To a calamity of time, unjust in its judgment.

وإنّي لذو صَبرٍ وقد ماتَ إخوَتي

وإنّي لذو صَبرٍ وقد ماتَ إخوَتي

ولستُ عن الصهباءِ يوماً بصابرِ

ولستُ عن الصهباءِ يوماً بصابرِ

Indeed, I am a man of patience, though my brothers have died,

And I am indeed steadfast, though my brothers have died,

yet I cannot bear to be away from the ruddy wine for a single day.

Yet I cannot abstain from tawny wine even for a day.

رَماها أميرُ المؤمنين بِحَتفِها

رَماها أميرُ المؤمنين بِحَتفِها

فخُلاَّنُها يبكونَ حولَ المعاصرِ

فخُلاَّنُها يبكونَ حولَ المعاصرِ

The Commander of the Faithful has dealt her the deathblow;

The Commander of the Faithful dealt her a deathblow,

and now her devoted companions weep around the winepresses.

So her friends weep around the winepresses.