عَينُ الزَّمانِ أصابَتْنا فلا نظَرَتْ

عَينُ الزَّمانِ أصابَتْنا فلا نظَرَتْ

وعذَّبَتْنا صُروفُ الدَّهرِ ألوانا

وعذَّبَتْنا صُروفُ الدَّهرِ ألوانا

Time’s eye has struck us—may it never see!

The eye of time has stricken us, it barely glances our way,

And the vicissitudes of time have tormented us in various ways.

And the cycles of fate torment us in so many ways.