لقدindeed صرعتنيhas struck me down خلفةُthe vicissitudes الدَّهرِof time صَرعةًa fall
لقد صرعتني خلفةُ الدَّهرِ صَرعةً
تَيَقَّنتُI have become certain أَنَّيthat I لستُI am not منهاfrom it بمنتعشgoing to recover
تَيَقَّنتُ أَنَّي لستُ منها بمنتعش
Indeed, time's vicissitudes have brought me crashing down;
Time's vicissitudes have struck me down with a blow
I am certain I shall not recover from it.
Of which I'm sure I'll never recover, never know health again.
وأنذرنيand has warned me عِقدُthe decade الثمانينَof eighty بالبلَىof decay
وأنذرني عِقدُ الثمانينَ بالبلَى
فهاso here هيthey أعضائيmy limbs منfrom الضَّعفِweakness ترتعشtremble
فها هي أعضائي من الضَّعفِ ترتعش
And my eighties have warned me of decay;
My eight decades warn me my strength is near gone,
So here are my limbs, trembling with weakness.
And my limbs now tremble and shake in their weakness.
وقدand indeed علمَتshe knows ذاتُshe of الوِشاحَينِthe two sashes أَنَّنيthat I
وقد علمَت ذاتُ الوِشاحَينِ أَنَّني
سَئِمتُI have grown weary تكاليفَthe burdens الحياةِof life ومنand whoever يَعشlives
سَئِمتُ تكاليفَ الحياةِ ومن يَعش
And she of the two sashes knows already that I
My life itself knows full well that I
Have grown weary of life's burdens—and whoever lives...
Am tired of life's demands, tired of living on.