فإن تَكُ قد غاضَت بجودِ أكُفِّكُم

فإن تَكُ قد غاضَت بجودِ أكُفِّكُم

عيونٌ وفاضَت بالدموع عيونُ

عيونٌ وفاضَت بالدموع عيونُ

So if the generosity of your hands has drained

If you find eyes once generous are now downcast,

Springs, and eyes have overflowed with tears,

And eyes once tearless are now flowing with tears,

وخانتكُمُ والدهرُ يُرجَى ويُتَّقَى

وخانتكُمُ والدهرُ يُرجَى ويُتَّقَى

حوادِثُ أيامٍ تفِى وتَخُونُ

حوادِثُ أيامٍ تفِى وتَخُونُ

And you have been betrayed—time inspires both hope and fear—

Though time itself has betrayed you, as oft it betrays,

By the events of days that keep faith and betray,

Through the caprice of days which disappoint and deceive,

فلا تيئسوا إنّ الزّمانَ صُروفَهُ

فلا تيئسوا إنّ الزّمانَ صُروفَهُ

وأحداثَهُ مثلُ الحديثِ شُجونُ

وأحداثَهُ مثلُ الحديثِ شُجونُ

Then do not despair: time’s vicissitudes

Despair not, for time's very nature is change,

And its happenings, like conversation, have many branches.

And its events are much like tales told to make men weep.