الدَهرُTime إِنif يَنصُركَaids you يَنصُرaids بَعدهاafter that
الدَهرُ إِن يَنصُركَ يَنصُر بَعدها
ذاone with إِحنَةٍa grudge فَيَحورُthen it turns كُلَّevery مَحارِturn
ذا إِحنَةٍ فَيَحورُ كُلَّ مَحارِ
If Time aids you, it will afterward aid
one who bears a grudge, then turn every which way.
وَهَواجِرُand the scorching noontides الأَيّامِof the days يَسلُبُstrips away حَرُّهاtheir heat
وَهَواجِرُ الأَيّامِ يَسلُبُ حَرُّها
ماwhat أَودَعَتهُdeposited it ذَواهِبُthe departing portions الأَسحارِof the predawn hours
ما أَودَعَتهُ ذَواهِبُ الأَسحارِ
And the days’ scorching noontides—their heat strips away
what the departing predawn hours have laid down.