يَا وَالِيَ الْعُمْرِ وَأَلْقَابُهُ

يَا وَالِيَ الْعُمْرِ وَأَلْقَابُهُ

لَهَا إِلَى التَّضْييعِ فَرْطُ انْتِسَابْ

لَهَا إِلَى التَّضْييعِ فَرْطُ انْتِسَابْ

O ruler of life—and its titles

O guardian of life and its titles

Have an excessive affinity with squandering.

It is prone to squandering its lineage

لاَ تَأمَنِ الدَّهْرَ وَعُدْوَانَهُ

لاَ تَأمَنِ الدَّهْرَ وَعُدْوَانَهُ

عَلَيْكَ فَالدَّهْرُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابْ

عَلَيْكَ فَالدَّهْرُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابْ

Do not feel safe from Time and its aggression

Do not trust time and its transgressions

Against you, for Time is swift in reckoning.

Upon you, for time is swift in its reckoning