بَلَوتُ صُروفَ الدَهرِ سِتينَ حُجَّةً

بَلَوتُ صُروفَ الدَهرِ سِتينَ حُجَّةً

وَجَرَّبتُ حالَيهِ مِنَ العُسرِ وَاليُسرِ

وَجَرَّبتُ حالَيهِ مِنَ العُسرِ وَاليُسرِ

I have lived through time's vicissitudes for sixty years,

I have tasted the vicissitudes of fate for sixty years,

I have tested the vicissitudes of time for sixty years,

And experienced both its states: hardship and ease.

And experienced my state in hardship and ease.

And experienced its two states of hardship and of ease.

فَلَم أَرَ بَعدَ الدينِ خَيراً مِنَ الغِنى

فَلَم أَرَ بَعدَ الدينِ خَيراً مِنَ الغِنى

وَلَم أَرَ بَعدَ الكُفرِ شَرّاً مِنَ الفَقرِ

وَلَم أَرَ بَعدَ الكُفرِ شَرّاً مِنَ الفَقرِ

After faith, I have seen nothing better than wealth,

Yet I have not found, after faith, a better thing than riches,

I saw no good, after faith, better than wealth,

And after unbelief, I have seen nothing worse than poverty.

Nor, after infidelity, a worse thing than poverty.

And saw no evil, after disbelief, worse than poverty.