عَيشي مُؤَدٍّ إِلى الضَرّاءِ وَالوَهَنِ

عَيشي مُؤَدٍّ إِلى الضَرّاءِ وَالوَهَنِ

وَمِهنَتي لِإِلَهي أَشرَفُ المِهَنِ

وَمِهنَتي لِإِلَهي أَشرَفُ المِهَنِ

My life leads to adversity and weakness.

My life leads to adversity and weakness

And my service to my God is the noblest of occupations.

And my profession, for my God, is the noblest of professions

تَخَلَّ مِن أُمِّ دَفرٍ فَهيَ مُؤذِيَةٌ

تَخَلَّ مِن أُمِّ دَفرٍ فَهيَ مُؤذِيَةٌ

وَهَوِّنِ الأَمرَ في غَرّائِهِ يَهَنُ

وَهَوِّنِ الأَمرَ في غَرّائِهِ يَهَنُ

Turn away from Umm Dafr, for she brings harm.

It is free from the harm of an unrighteous mother

And make light of the matter at its gravest; it will grow light.

And makes light of difficulties in its sanctuaries

إِنّا ضُيوفُ زَمانٍ ما قِراهُ لَنا

إِنّا ضُيوفُ زَمانٍ ما قِراهُ لَنا

إِلّا المَنايا وَنَحنُ الآنَ في اللُهَن

إِلّا المَنايا وَنَحنُ الآنَ في اللُهَن

Indeed, we are guests of Time; its fare for us is nothing

We are but guests of time, it offers us no home

But death, and now we are at the appetizers.

Except death, while we now live in yearning

وَقَد أَنِفتُ لِنَفسٍ مِنهُ نافِرَةً

وَقَد أَنِفتُ لِنَفسٍ مِنهُ نافِرَةً

كُلَّ النِفارِ وَشَخصٍ فيهِ مُرتَهَنُ

كُلَّ النِفارِ وَشَخصٍ فيهِ مُرتَهَنُ

And I have felt indignation on behalf of a soul recoiling from it

And I have refused, disdaining, for my rebelling soul

With utter aversion, and a body held hostage within it.

Every refusal, though I stand hostage in it

اللَهُ عالِمُ غَيبٍ لا أُحاوِلُهُ

اللَهُ عالِمُ غَيبٍ لا أُحاوِلُهُ

مِن ذي نُجومٍ وَلا أَبغيهِ في الكَهَنِ

مِن ذي نُجومٍ وَلا أَبغيهِ في الكَهَنِ

God knows the unseen; I do not seek it out

God knows the unseen, I do not try to fathom it

From an astrologer, nor seek it in divination.

From astrologers, nor do I seek it in soothsayers