بلاني الدهرُ بكلِّ همهِ

بلاني الدهرُ بكلِّ همهِ

فصرت غير جازع لحكمه

فصرت غير جازع لحكمه

Time has afflicted me with all its sorrow.

Time afflicted me with all its worries,

So I became undaunted by its decree.

So I became indifferent to its rule.

وصاَر معنى الهمِّ عندي كاسمهِ

وصاَر معنى الهمِّ عندي كاسمهِ

وهمةُ المرء تُرى في حزمهِ

وهمةُ المرء تُرى في حزمهِ

And sorrow's meaning, to me, became no more than its name.

The meaning of worry became to me like its name,

And a person's resolve is seen in his firmness.

And a man's resolve is seen through his composure.

والدهرُ إن مسَّ سوايَ يدمهِ

والدهرُ إن مسَّ سوايَ يدمهِ

لكنَ في جسمي وقعَ سهمهِ

لكنَ في جسمي وقعَ سهمهِ

And Time, if it touches anyone but me, makes him bleed;

If time touched my equilibrium it would be hurt,

But in my body, the impact of its arrow

But in my body fell its arrow.

كعضةِ الصبي كفَّ أُمهِ

كعضةِ الصبي كفَّ أُمهِ

Is like a child's bite upon his mother's palm.

Like a child's bite soothed by his mother's palm.