1. ليالي تمر بآلامها

    وقلبي على رفقه من حجر

    Nights pass with their pains,

    And my heart, despite its gentleness, is made of stone.

  2. غفرت لدهري إحجافه

    فهل غفر الدهر فيمن غفر

    I forgave my fate its injustice;

    But has Fate forgiven, as others have?

  3. وقيل شتاء قصير الحياة

    وفي العيش حلو وفي العيش مر

    And it was said, “Winter is short-lived.”

    And in life is sweetness, and in life is bitterness.

  4. عرفت زماني فما سرني

    وهل في زمان الفتى ما يسر

    I knew my times, and they brought me no joy;

    And is there anything in a young man's times to bring him joy?