أرى الدهر يبغي مصرعي غير راحمٍ

أرى الدهر يبغي مصرعي غير راحمٍ

فأعجز عزمي عن محاربة الدنيا

فأعجز عزمي عن محاربة الدنيا

I see Time seeking my death, merciless;

I see fate seeking my demise without mercy,

And so it has left my resolve powerless to fight the world.

So my resolve is too weak to fight this world,

كأني بويريٌّ تكسَّرَ نصله

كأني بويريٌّ تكسَّرَ نصله

ولاقاه جيش من جيوش بريطانيا

ولاقاه جيش من جيوش بريطانيا

As though I were a Boer whose blade had shattered,

As if I were a spear whose blade was broken,

And one of Britain's armies confronted him.

Faced with an army of Britain's great forces.