الا هل مِن البَين المفرِّق من بُدِّ

الا هل مِن البَين المفرِّق من بُدِّ

وَهل مِثل أَيّام بِمنقطع السَعد

وَهل مِثل أَيّام بِمنقطع السَعد

Ah, is there any escape from sundering separation?

Alas, is there any clearer separation than the separation of death?

And are there days like those at the edge of al-Saʿd?

Is there any fortune like the days that have passed, never to return?

تَمنيت أَيّامي أولئِكَ وَالمُنى

تَمنيت أَيّامي أولئِكَ وَالمُنى

عَلى عَهد عاد ما تُعيد وَلا تبدي

عَلى عَهد عاد ما تُعيد وَلا تبدي

I longed for those days of mine; yet wishes,

I yearn for those days of old and for my wishes

Since the age of ʿĀd, bring nothing back and bring nothing new.

In times gone by that will not come again or be renewed.