إذا ما رأيتَ الدهرَ بستانَ مشمشٍ

إذا ما رأيتَ الدهرَ بستانَ مشمشٍ

فأيْقِنْ بحقٍّ أنَّهُ لِطَبيبِ

فأيْقِنْ بحقٍّ أنَّهُ لِطَبيبِ

If ever you see the world as an apricot orchard,

When you see life as a garden of apricots

Then be certain, in truth, that it belongs to a physician.

Know for certain that it belongs to Time

يُغِلُّ له ما لا يُغِلُّ لربهِ

يُغِلُّ له ما لا يُغِلُّ لربهِ

يُغِلّ مريضاً حَمْلُ كلِّ قضيبِ

يُغِلّ مريضاً حَمْلُ كلِّ قضيبِ

It yields him what it does not yield its owner:

Who bears for it what he does not bear his Lord

The fruit of every branch yields a sick patient.

The burden of every walking stick bears a sick man