كَتَبتُ بِخَطي ما تَرى في دَفاتِري

كَتَبتُ بِخَطي ما تَرى في دَفاتِري

عَنِ الناسِ في عَصري وَعَن كُلِّ غابِرِ

عَنِ الناسِ في عَصري وَعَن كُلِّ غابِرِ

I wrote in my own hand what you see in my notebooks,

I wrote with my hand what you see in my notebooks

About the people of my time and about all who have gone before.

About the people of my time and all that has passed

وَلَولا عَزائي أَنَّهُ غَيرُ خالِدٍ

وَلَولا عَزائي أَنَّهُ غَيرُ خالِدٍ

عَلى الأَرضِ لَاِستَودَعتُهُ في المَقابِرِ

عَلى الأَرضِ لَاِستَودَعتُهُ في المَقابِرِ

And were it not for my consolation that it is not everlasting

And were it not for my solace that it will not last

On earth, I would have deposited it in the graves.

Upon the earth, I would have buried it in graves