1. سَقى اللَهُ أَياماً لَنا لَسنَ رُجَّعاً

    وَسُقيا لِعَصرِ العامِرِيَّةِ مِن عَصرِ

    May God water those days of ours that will not return.

    And may the time of al-ʿĀmiriyya be watered—what a time!

  2. لَيالِيَ أَعطيتُ البَطالَةَ مِقوَدي

    تَمُرُّ اللَيالي وَالشُهورَ وَلا نَدري

    Nights when I gave idleness my reins:

    The nights and months pass, and we are unaware.