جار الزمان عليَّ بعدكُم

جار الزمان عليَّ بعدكُم

فلقيت ذاك الجور بالشكر

فلقيت ذاك الجور بالشكر

Time wronged me after your departure.

Time has wronged me since you left

So I met that injustice with gratitude.

So I faced that injustice with gratitude

لو طاب طابَ لي الحياة إذاً

لو طاب طابَ لي الحياة إذاً

ولقيتكم بفضيحة العذر

ولقيتكم بفضيحة العذر

Had it been sweet, life would then have been sweet to me,

If life went well, it would go well for me then

and I would have met you with the shame of my excuse.

And I would meet you with the disgrace of excuse