أقولI say إذwhen نالناbefell us فيin برthe land of مصرEgypt عنيhardship
أقول إذ نالنا في بر مصر عني
لماwhen أتيناwe came إلىto الأهرامthe pyramids فيin الظلمthe darkness
لما أتينا إلى الأهرام في الظلم
I say, when hardship befell us in the land of Egypt,
I say, when in Egypt's land we obtained help for the eye,
When we came to the pyramids in the darkness:
When we came unto pyramids amid the gloom,
أتىcame to الزمانTime بنوهhis sons فيin شبيبتهhis youth
أتى الزمان بنوه في شبيبته
فسرهمso he gladdened them وأتيناهand we came to him علىin الهرمold age
فسرهم وأتيناه على الهرم
Time's sons came to him in his youth,
Time brought its sons in their youth,
So he gladdened them; we came to him in his old age.
So they went past them, while we climbed the pyramid.