فكَمْ دَقَّتْ وشَقَّتْ واستَرقَّتْ

فكَمْ دَقَّتْ وشَقَّتْ واستَرقَّتْ

فُضولُ العَيشِ أعناقَ الرِّجالِ

فُضولُ العَيشِ أعناقَ الرِّجالِ

How often have they crushed, split, and enslaved—

How the curiosities of life have knocked and split open

Life’s excesses—the necks of men!

And stolen away the necks of men