لا غَرْوَ أنْ لم نَجِدْ في الدَّهرِ مُختَرِفاً

لا غَرْوَ أنْ لم نَجِدْ في الدَّهرِ مُختَرِفاً

فقد أتيْناهُ بعدَ الشَّيْبِ والخَرَفِ

فقد أتيْناهُ بعدَ الشَّيْبِ والخَرَفِ

No wonder we found no fruit to gather in Time,

No stranger that we have not found in this life a refuge

for we came to it after gray hair and senility.

For we have reached it after gray hair and senility