قُلْ لمن تَاه بالجَمالِ عَلينا

قُلْ لمن تَاه بالجَمالِ عَلينا

ما عَسى دولةُ الصِّبَا أن تَدومَا

ما عَسى دولةُ الصِّبَا أن تَدومَا

Tell him who lords his beauty over us:

Tell the one who went astray in beauty over us,

How long can the reign of youth endure?

What can the rule of youth last?

عن قليلٍ نَرى قوامَكَ ذَا المَا

عن قليلٍ نَرى قوامَكَ ذَا المَا

ئِسَ قد عادَ ذَا اعتدالٍ قَويمَا

ئِسَ قد عادَ ذَا اعتدالٍ قَويمَا

Soon we shall see this swaying figure of yours

Soon we will see your erect figure become

turned straight and perfectly upright;

One of dejection and despair.

ونَرى طرفَكَ السقيمَ وقد صَح

ونَرى طرفَكَ السقيمَ وقد صَح

حَ كأَنْ لم يكن مَريضاً سَقيمَا

حَ كأَنْ لم يكن مَريضاً سَقيمَا

And we shall see your ailing eye restored,

And we will see your sickly eyelid healed

as though it had never been sick or ailing;

As if it had never been sick.

ونَرى جَمْرَ وجنْتَيكَ وقد عا

ونَرى جَمْرَ وجنْتَيكَ وقد عا

دَ رمادَا وبقلَهُنّ هَشيمَا

دَ رمادَا وبقلَهُنّ هَشيمَا

And we shall see the embers of your cheeks

And we will see your hot cheeks and temple

turned to ashes, and their greenery to withered straw;

Turn to ashes and rubble.

وتُنَادي عدلٌ من اللهِ أَن أَص

وتُنَادي عدلٌ من اللهِ أَن أَص

بَحَ ذاكَ النّهارُ لَيلاً بَهيمَا

بَحَ ذاكَ النّهارُ لَيلاً بَهيمَا

And you will cry, “It is God's justice that

And Justice from God calls out that the bright

that day has become a pitch-black night.”

Day has become a gloomy night.