1. This world has passed by and gone
Yet passing I still mourn, not moving on
١. أَمَرَّت هَذِهِ الدُنيا وَمَرَّت
وَإِمراراً أُؤَنِّبُ لا مُرورا
2. A wicked nature makes us keen
On its deceptions, binding unseen
٢. وَأَغرانا بِها طَبعٌ لَئيمٌ
وَأَعطَت مِن حَبائِلِها غُرورا
3. It settled you in settlements and towns
And settled its heft, and settled harms
٣. قَرَتكَ مِنَ القِرى وَقَرَت بِهُلكٍ
وَأَقرَت عِبأَها وَقَرَت شُرورا
4. Will time remain for me to reminisce?
For I have left it, forgetting joyfulness
٤. أَيَلبَثُ لي فَأَذكُرَهُ زَمانٌ
فَإِنّي خِلتُهُ نَسِيَ السُرورا