قل لمحبوب دني

قل لمحبوب دني

اهمل الدين وعابا

اهمل الدين وعابا

Say to a base beloved,

Tell my beloved Duniya

who neglected the faith and reviled it,

That she neglected the faith and was ungrateful

ورمى طيشا بسهم ال

ورمى طيشا بسهم ال

بغي مذ خان فخابا

بغي مذ خان فخابا

and recklessly shot an arrow of

And recklessly shot the arrow of

oppression, since he betrayed and so failed:

Evil desire once she betrayed

كم عرفناك كما ان

كم عرفناك كما ان

ت انكشافا وانحجابا

ت انكشافا وانحجابا

How well we have known you as you

How well we knew you, how you were

are, unveiled and veiled.

Manifestation and concealment

تدعى عمران حال

تدعى عمران حال

قبل قد كان خرابا

قبل قد كان خرابا

You claim a state of prosperity,

You claim to be civilized when before you were ruined

where before there had been ruin.

You missed the heart though it

فاتك القلب وقد ان

فاتك القلب وقد ان

شد قولا بك طابا

شد قولا بك طابا

The heart has slipped away from you, though it had

Was attracted by your words

recited words made sweet by you.

The heart fell in love with the open desert

عشق القلب الربابا

عشق القلب الربابا

بعد ان شابت وشابا

بعد ان شابت وشابا

The heart loved al-Rabāb,

After it grew young and youthful

after she had grown gray, and so had it.

You were a beloved and became

كنت محبوبا وقد اص

كنت محبوبا وقد اص

بحت شيخا يتصابا

بحت شيخا يتصابا

You were beloved, and have now

An old man playing tricks

become an old man feigning youth.

And your time has passed while the

ومضى وقتك وال

ومضى وقتك وال

عاشق عن مثلك تابا

عاشق عن مثلك تابا

And your time has passed, and the

Lover has repented from the likes of you

lover has turned away from the likes of you.

His heart told him to let go

قلبه قال له اطرحه

قلبه قال له اطرحه

وقد قال صوابا

وقد قال صوابا

His heart said to him, 'Cast him aside,'

And it spoke correctly

and indeed it spoke rightly.

The traitor is certainly evil

انما الخائن خب

انما الخائن خب

فضلوا عنه الكلابا

فضلوا عنه الكلابا

The traitor is nothing but a knave;

So the dogs have abandoned him

they preferred dogs to him.

If he initiates a discourse

ان تصدى لخطاب

ان تصدى لخطاب

لا يرى عنه جوابا

لا يرى عنه جوابا

If he comes forward to speak,

He will see no response

he finds no reply to his words.

Ungrateful for blessings, with evil

كافر النعمة عن خب

كافر النعمة عن خب

ث لقد يلقى الصعابا

ث لقد يلقى الصعابا

Ungrateful for blessings, out of malice,

He will surely face difficulties

he will indeed face hardships.

And God will show him with justice

ويريه الله بالعد

ويريه الله بالعد

ل عقابا وعذابا

ل عقابا وعذابا

And God will show him, in justice,

Punishment and torment

punishment and torment.

The mirage of the desert that

وسراب القاع قد

وسراب القاع قد

يحسبه وهما شرابا

يحسبه وهما شرابا

And the mirage on the plain he may

He mistakes for water

mistakenly take for a drink.

And the unbeliever will say "Oh

ويقول الكافر يا

ويقول الكافر يا

ليتني كنت ترابا

ليتني كنت ترابا

And the unbeliever will say, 'Oh,

I wish I were dust"

if only I were dust!'