تَحُسُّ الحَياةِ عَلى الأَحياءِ مُشتَمِلٌ

تَحُسُّ الحَياةِ عَلى الأَحياءِ مُشتَمِلٌ

وَساكِنو الأَرضِ مِن لُؤمٍ بِلا كَرَمِ

وَساكِنو الأَرضِ مِن لُؤمٍ بِلا كَرَمِ

Life's [ill fortune?] encompasses the living.

Life feels burdensome upon the living

And the earth's dwellers are base, without nobility.

And earth's inhabitants are devoid of generosity

فَالبُعدُ للعَيشِ أَدّاني إِلى تَلَفٍ

فَالبُعدُ للعَيشِ أَدّاني إِلى تَلَفٍ

وَلِلشَبيبَةِ قادَتني إِلى الهَرَمِ

وَلِلشَبيبَةِ قادَتني إِلى الهَرَمِ

So life's long reach brought me near to destruction,

So distance has led me to decay

And as for youth, it led me to decrepitude.

And youth has led me to old age

لا يُعجِبَنَّكَ إِقبالٌ يُريكَ سَناً

لا يُعجِبَنَّكَ إِقبالٌ يُريكَ سَناً

إِنَّ الخُمودَ لَعَمري غايَةُ الضَرَمِ

إِنَّ الخُمودَ لَعَمري غايَةُ الضَرَمِ

Let no good fortune that shows you radiance impress you.

You are not pleased by a prosperity that shows you white hair

For, by my life, extinction is the end of flame.

For stillness is truly the epitome of harm

وَهيَ السَعادَةُ لِلحِجرَينِ مائِزَةٌ

وَهيَ السَعادَةُ لِلحِجرَينِ مائِزَةٌ

مَغنى ثَمودٍ وَحِجرُ البَيتِ وَالحَرَمِ

مَغنى ثَمودٍ وَحِجرُ البَيتِ وَالحَرَمِ

And it is good fortune that sets the two Hijrs apart:

And it is happiness for the two sanctuary stones - defining

Thamud's abode, and the Hijr of the House and Sanctuary.

The melody of Thamud and the Black Stone and the Sacred Mosque

لا فَرقَ بَينَ بَني فِهرٍ وَغَيرِهِمِ

لا فَرقَ بَينَ بَني فِهرٍ وَغَيرِهِمِ

في دَولَةٍ وَشُهورُ الحِلِّ كَالحَرَمِ

في دَولَةٍ وَشُهورُ الحِلِّ كَالحَرَمِ

There is no difference between Fihr's sons and others

There is no difference between the Banu Fihr and others

In a turn of fortune; and the non-sacred months are like the sacred ones.

In a state whose sacred months are like the inviolable

قَد أُبرِمَت هَذِهِ الأَجزاعُ لا سَأَماً

قَد أُبرِمَت هَذِهِ الأَجزاعُ لا سَأَماً

بِالزائِرينَ وَلَكِن طِبنَ عَن بَرَمِ

بِالزائِرينَ وَلَكِن طِبنَ عَن بَرَمِ

These valley-bends have blossomed, not grown weary

These bodies were created not out of boredom

Of visitors; rather, they have grown fragrant with thorn-tree blossoms.

With visitors, but they withdrew from blame