1. By my life, we have sold our souls
At no profit to the buyer nor praise to the seller.
١. لَعَمري لَقَد بِعنا القَناءَ نُفوسَنا
بِلا عِوَضٍ عِندَ البِياعِ وَلا ثِنيا
2. And if the choice were offered between this base world
And another, it would choose none but this base world.
٢. وَلَو بَينَ دُنيانا الدَنيَّةِ خُيِّرَت
وَبَينَ سِواها ماءَرادَت سِوى الدُنِّيا