سرَقَ الدّهْرُ شَبابي منْ يَدي

سرَقَ الدّهْرُ شَبابي منْ يَدي

فَفُؤادي مُشْعِرٌ بالكَمَدِ

فَفُؤادي مُشْعِرٌ بالكَمَدِ

Time stole my youth from my hand,

Time has stolen my youth from my hands,

So my heart bespeaks grief.

So my heart is filled with suppressed anguish.

واحْتَملتُ الأمْرَ إذْ أبْصَرْتُهُ

واحْتَملتُ الأمْرَ إذْ أبْصَرْتُهُ

باعَ ما أفْقَدَني منْ ولَدي

باعَ ما أفْقَدَني منْ ولَدي

And I endured the matter when I saw that it

I have endured this since I saw

Had sold to my child what it had taken from me.

That he sold what my son had lost from me.