واحَرَبا مِن زَمانِ سوءٍ

واحَرَبا مِن زَمانِ سوءٍ

عَلَيَ قَد أَظهَرَ التَجَنّي

عَلَيَ قَد أَظهَرَ التَجَنّي

Alas, my anguish at an evil age!

And war from an evil era

It has indeed shown injustice toward me.

Upon it has revealed estrangement

فَما تَحَبَّبتُ مِنهُ حُبّاً

فَما تَحَبَّبتُ مِنهُ حُبّاً

إِلّا وَأَقصى الحَبيبُ مِنّي

إِلّا وَأَقصى الحَبيبُ مِنّي

For never did I seek love from it

So I have not loved from it with love

But it drove the beloved farther from me.

Except the beloved has become most distant from me