لَو كُنتُ كَالرائِشِ أَو ذي المَنار

لَو كُنتُ كَالرائِشِ أَو ذي المَنار

لَعِشتُ في الدُنيا كَثيرَ الشَنار

لَعِشتُ في الدُنيا كَثيرَ الشَنار

Had I been like al-Rāʾish or Dhū al-Manār,

Had I been like al-Ra'ish or Dhu al-Manar,

I would have lived in this world steeped in disgrace.

I would have lived in this world in great disgrace.

وَلَيتَها لَم يَكُ مِن بَعدِها

وَلَيتَها لَم يَكُ مِن بَعدِها

خَوفُ حِسابٍ وَعِقابٍ بِنار

خَوفُ حِسابٍ وَعِقابٍ بِنار

If only, after this life, there were no

And would that after it there were no

fear of reckoning and punishment by fire.

fear of reckoning and punishment by fire.