غَرَّكَ سودُ الشَعَراتِ الَّتي

غَرَّكَ سودُ الشَعَراتِ الَّتي

في الوَجهِ مِنّي وَأَنا الدالِفُ

في الوَجهِ مِنّي وَأَنا الدالِفُ

You were deceived by the black hairs that

You're deceived by the blackness of the hair

Are on my face, though I am slow of step.

On my face while I am the sincere one

كَلَفَتني شيمَةَ عَصرٍ مَضى

كَلَفَتني شيمَةَ عَصرٍ مَضى

هَيهاتَ مِنكَ العُصرُ السالِفُ

هَيهاتَ مِنكَ العُصرُ السالِفُ

You asked of me the character of an age gone by;

I was burdened with the morals of a past age

How far from you is that bygone age!

Alas, from you the past age differs

وَقَد سَئِمنا زَمَناً مُؤذِياً

وَقَد سَئِمنا زَمَناً مُؤذِياً

أَروَحُ مِن سالِمِهِ التالِفُ

أَروَحُ مِن سالِمِهِ التالِفُ

And we have grown weary of a hurtful age;

And we became weary of a hurtful time

The dead are more at ease than those it leaves unharmed.

I go from its reconciler the sincere

يَحلِفُ لا أَبّقى عَلى واحِدٍ

يَحلِفُ لا أَبّقى عَلى واحِدٍ

وَبِرٌّ في إيمانِهِ الحالِفُ

وَبِرٌّ في إيمانِهِ الحالِفُ

It swears: 'I will spare no one,'

He swears he won't keep anyone

And the swearer is true to his oaths.

And righteousness in his faith the swearer