قَد تَخَطّاكَ شَبابُ

قَد تَخَطّاكَ شَبابُ

وَتَغَشّاكَ مَشيبُ

وَتَغَشّاكَ مَشيبُ

Youth has passed you by,

Youth has already passed you by,

and gray old age has shrouded you.

And gray hair has covered you.

فَأَتى ما لَيسَ يَمضي

فَأَتى ما لَيسَ يَمضي

وَمَضى ما لا يَؤوبُ

وَمَضى ما لا يَؤوبُ

That which will not depart has come,

So what does not pass has come,

and that which never returns has gone.

And what never returns has gone.

فَتَأَهَّب لِسِقامٍ

فَتَأَهَّب لِسِقامٍ

لَيسَ يَشفيهِ طَبيبُ

لَيسَ يَشفيهِ طَبيبُ

So ready yourself for a sickness

So prepare yourself for an illness

that no physician can cure.

That no physician can cure.

لا تَوَهَّمهُ بَعيداً

لا تَوَهَّمهُ بَعيداً

إِنَّما الآتي قَريبُ

إِنَّما الآتي قَريبُ

Do not imagine it far away:

Do not suppose it far away:

what is coming is near.

Surely, what is coming is near.