ياO قلبheart لاdo not تستشْعِرِtake to heart الأحزاناsorrows
يا قلب لا تستشْعِرِ الأحزانا
واخضَعْand yield لرَيبِto the adversity of الدَّهرِtime أنََىhowever كاناit may be
واخضَعْ لرَيبِ الدَّهرِ أنََى كانا
O heart, do not take sorrows to heart.
O heart, do not feel sad
And yield to time's adversity, whatever form it takes.
And submit to the turns of fate wherever they lead
وارضَand accept الزَّمانَtime علىdespite تَقَلُّبِthe shifting صَرْفِهِof its fortunes
وارضَ الزَّمانَ على تَقَلُّبِ صَرْفِهِ
أولاor else فأَبدِلْthen substitute بالزَّمانِin place of this time زمَاناanother time
أولا فأَبدِلْ بالزَّمانِ زمَانا
And accept time despite its shifting fortunes.
Accept the changing times in their endless cycle
Or else replace this time with another time.
For time itself changes with time