لا يطيب في الدنيا

لا يطيب في الدنيا

عيش من له عقل

عيش من له عقل

Not sweet in this world

Life is not pleasant

is the life of one who has reason.

For one who has a mind

شأنها له عقل

شأنها له عقل

حيث شانها جهل

حيث شانها جهل

Its condition is a fetter to him,

Its ways have no mind

since ignorance has marred it.

Where its ways are ignorance