ألا إنّما الدنيا وزخرف عيشها

ألا إنّما الدنيا وزخرف عيشها

نعيم وهمّ خيرها ونعيمها

نعيم وهمّ خيرها ونعيمها

Behold, this world and the glitter of its life are but

Behold, this world and the adornments of its life

pleasure and worry—its goodness and its pleasures.

Are but illusion and vanity, its joys fleeting

فخذما يقيم النفس واهجر نعيمها

فخذما يقيم النفس واهجر نعيمها

يفوتك منها شرّها وهمومها

يفوتك منها شرّها وهمومها

So take what sustains the soul, and forsake its pleasures;

Take what nourishes the soul and leave vain pleasures

its evil and its worries will pass you by.

So what is evil and burdensome may pass you by