ياO شاكِيَcomplainer of الدَهرِtime إِنَّindeed الدَهرَtime أَلوانُhues
يا شاكِيَ الدَهرِ إِنَّ الدَهرَ أَلوانُ
فيهِin it لِصاحِبِهِfor its companion بُؤسٌmisery وَأَحزانُand sorrows
فيهِ لِصاحِبِهِ بُؤسٌ وَأَحزانُ
O you who complain of time, time has many hues.
In it are misery and sorrows for its companion.
وَفيand in المَماتِdeath غِنىًsufficiency لِلمَرءِfor a man يَستُرُهُit shelters him
وَفي المَماتِ غِنىً لِلمَرءِ يَستُرُهُ
وَلَيسَand is not مُستَغنِياًfree of need ماas long as عاشَhe lives إِنسانُa human being
وَلَيسَ مُستَغنِياً ما عاشَ إِنسانُ
And in death lies sufficiency for a man, sheltering him.
And no human is free of need as long as he lives.