1. يا دَهرُ ماذا الطُروقُ بِالأَلَمِ

    حامٍ لَنا عَن بَقِيَّةِ الكَرَمِ

    O Time, why this visit by night with pain?

    Defend for us what remains of generosity.

  2. إِن كُنتَ لا بُدَّ آخِذاً عِوَضاً

    فَخُذ حَياتي وَدَع حَيا الأُمَمِ

    If you must take a substitute,

    then take my life and spare the nations’ life-giving rain.

  3. لا دَرَّ دَرُّ السَقامِ كَيفَ رَمى

    طَبيبَ آمالِنا مِنَ السَقَمِ

    May sickness yield no good! How has it struck

    the physician who cures our hopes of sickness?