لَقَد طالَ يا دُنيا إِلَيكِ رُكوني

لَقَد طالَ يا دُنيا إِلَيكِ رُكوني

وَدامَ لُزومي ضِلَّتي وَفُتوني

وَدامَ لُزومي ضِلَّتي وَفُتوني

Indeed, O world, my reliance on you has lasted long.

For long, O world, my repose in you persisted

And I have kept clinging to my error and infatuation.

And long my errors lasted, and temptations twisted,

وَطالَ إِخائي فيكِ قَوماً أَراهُم

وَطالَ إِخائي فيكِ قَوماً أَراهُم

وَكُلُّهُمُ مُستَأثِرٌ بِكِ دوني

وَكُلُّهُمُ مُستَأثِرٌ بِكِ دوني

And long have I befriended people in you whom I find

And long my brethren's stay with you - but they

each claiming you for himself, to my exclusion.

Monopolized you wholly, leaving me no say.

وَكُلُّهُمُ عَنّي قَليلٌ غِنائُهُ

وَكُلُّهُمُ عَنّي قَليلٌ غِنائُهُ

إِذا غَلِقَت في الهالِكينَ رُهوني

إِذا غَلِقَت في الهالِكينَ رُهوني

And each of them is of little help to me

And little is their gain if closed on loss were reckoned

when my pledges are forfeited among the perishing.

The pledge, while into nothingness my hopes were sunken.

فَيا رَبِّ إِنَّ الناسَ لا يُنصِفونَني

فَيا رَبِّ إِنَّ الناسَ لا يُنصِفونَني

وَكَيفَ وَلَو أَنصَفتُهُم ظَلَموني

وَكَيفَ وَلَو أَنصَفتُهُم ظَلَموني

So, O my Lord, people do not treat me fairly.

My Lord, men do me wrong, no justice I'm accorded,

And how could they? Even if I treated them fairly, they would wrong me.

And when I'm just to them, I'm wrongly contravened.

وَإِن كانَ لي شَيءٌ تَصَدَّوا لِأَخذِهِ

وَإِن كانَ لي شَيءٌ تَصَدَّوا لِأَخذِهِ

وَإِن جِئتُ أَبغي شَيئَهُم مَنَعوني

وَإِن جِئتُ أَبغي شَيئَهُم مَنَعوني

And if I have anything, they set about taking it.

If I possess a thing, they wish to take it from me,

And if I come seeking what is theirs, they refuse me.

If I seek out their goods, access they've barred and banned me.

وَإِن نالَهُم رِفدي فَلا شُكرَ عِندَهُم

وَإِن نالَهُم رِفدي فَلا شُكرَ عِندَهُم

وَإِن أَنا لَم أَبذُل لَهُم شَتَموني

وَإِن أَنا لَم أَبذُل لَهُم شَتَموني

And if my bounty reaches them, they show no gratitude.

If I extend a hand, no gratitude's evinced,

And if I do not give to them, they insult me.

If not, they censure me, no generous deed evidenced.

وَإِن وَجَدوا عِندي رَخاءً تَقَرَّبوا

وَإِن وَجَدوا عِندي رَخاءً تَقَرَّبوا

وَإِن نَزَلَت بي شِدَّةٌ خَذَلوني

وَإِن نَزَلَت بي شِدَّةٌ خَذَلوني

And if they find me prosperous, they draw near.

When comfort's mine, they flock to me to claim a portion,

And if hardship befalls me, they abandon me.

When hardship comes, I'm left alone to face misfortune.

وَإِن طَرَقَتني نَكبَةٌ فَكِهوا بِها

وَإِن طَرَقَتني نَكبَةٌ فَكِهوا بِها

وَإِن صَحِبَتني نِعمَةٌ حَسَدوني

وَإِن صَحِبَتني نِعمَةٌ حَسَدوني

And if calamity visits me, they delight in it.

If I am struck by fate, they laugh with glee unhidden,

And if a blessing accompanies me, they envy me.

If grace smiles on me, envy makes sure it's chidden.

سَأَمنَعُ قَلبي أَن يَحِنَّ إِلَيهِمُ

سَأَمنَعُ قَلبي أَن يَحِنَّ إِلَيهِمُ

وَأَحجُبُ عَنهُم ناظِري وَجُفوني

وَأَحجُبُ عَنهُم ناظِري وَجُفوني

I shall keep my heart from yearning for them,

I'll lock my heart that it incline no more toward them,

and veil my gaze and eyelids from them.

My eyes and eyelids equally from sight of them.

وَأَقطَعُ أَيّامي بِيَومِ سُهولَةٍ

وَأَقطَعُ أَيّامي بِيَومِ سُهولَةٍ

أُزَجّي بِهِ عُمري وَيَومَ حُزونِ

أُزَجّي بِهِ عُمري وَيَومَ حُزونِ

And I shall pass my days—a day of ease,

I'll live a life serene, keep sorrow at a distance,

in which I while away my life, and a day of hardship.

And pass my days in peace, tranquil and free from grievance.

أَلا إِنَّ أَصفى العَيشِ ما طابَ غِبُّهُ

أَلا إِنَّ أَصفى العَيشِ ما طابَ غِبُّهُ

وَما نِلتُهُ في عِفَّةٍ وَسُكونِ

وَما نِلتُهُ في عِفَّةٍ وَسُكونِ

Indeed, the purest living is that whose outcome is good,

For sure, the choicest life is one where, free of clamor,

and what I have gained in self-restraint and tranquility.

Far from the throng, in purity and calm, I savor.