يقولون عام روعتنا خطوبهُ

يقولون عام روعتنا خطوبهُ

وسالت به منا الدماء الدوافق

وسالت به منا الدماء الدوافق

They say: “A year whose calamities terrified us,

They say that the year of our engagement was wonderful

and in which our blood flowed in torrents.”

And for it our pure hearts overflowed

فقلت لهم لا تتبعوه ملامة

فقلت لهم لا تتبعوه ملامة

فقد بعثت فيه الأماني الصوادق

فقد بعثت فيه الأماني الصوادق

So I said to them: “Do not pursue it with blame,

So I said to them, do not blame it

for in it true hopes were awakened.”

For in it my sincere hopes were awakened