إنindeed امرأa man َقدhas سارjourneyed تسعينَninety حِجةyears
إن امرأ َقد سار تسعينَ حِجة
إلىin addition to مائةa hundred لمhas not يسأمtired of العيشlife جاهلُa fool
إلى مائة لم يسأم العيش جاهلُ
Indeed, a man who has journeyed ninety years
A man journeyed ninety pilgrimages
in addition to a hundred, yet has not wearied of life, is a fool.
To a hundred, not tiring of ignorant living
أتتhave passed مائتانtwo hundred غيرexcept عشرten وفاءهاtheir full count
أتت مائتان غير عشر وفاءها
وذلكand that منof مرthe passing of اللّياليthe nights قلائلfew
وذلك من مر اللّيالي قلائل
Two hundred years have passed, ten short of their full count,
Two hundred came, plus ten, their loyalty
and those are but few amid the passing nights.
That was but from the passing of few nights