أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ البَحرَ يَنضُبُ ماؤُهُ

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ البَحرَ يَنضُبُ ماؤُهُ

وَيَأتي عَلى حيتانِهِ نُوَبُ الدَهرِ

وَيَأتي عَلى حيتانِهِ نُوَبُ الدَهرِ

Have you not seen that the sea’s water dries up,

Do you not see that the sea's water runs dry,

And the calamities of time destroy its fish?

And the calamities of time overtake its whales?