المُلكُ لِلَّهِ لا نَنفَكُّ في تَعَبٍ

المُلكُ لِلَّهِ لا نَنفَكُّ في تَعَبٍ

حَتّى تَزايَلَ أَرواحٌ وَأَجسادُ

حَتّى تَزايَلَ أَرواحٌ وَأَجسادُ

Sovereignty belongs to God; we are never free of hardship

The kingdom belongs to Allah, we do not cease in fatigue

until souls and bodies part.

Until souls and bodies wither away,

وَلا يُرى حَيوانٌ لا يَكونُ لَهُ

وَلا يُرى حَيوانٌ لا يَكونُ لَهُ

فَوقَ البَسيطَةِ أَعداءٌ وَحُسّادُ

فَوقَ البَسيطَةِ أَعداءٌ وَحُسّادُ

And no living creature is seen that does not have

And no living being remains that does not have

enemies and enviers upon the earth.

Enemies and enviers above the earth,

وَما أُؤَمِّلُ عِندَ الدَهرِ مَصلَحَةً

وَما أُؤَمِّلُ عِندَ الدَهرِ مَصلَحَةً

وَإِنَّما هُوَ إِتلافٌ وَإِفسادُ

وَإِنَّما هُوَ إِتلافٌ وَإِفسادُ

And I hope for no benefit from time;

And I have no hope in fate for prosperity,

it is nothing but destruction and corruption.

It only destroys and corrupts,

وَلا أُسَرُّ إِذا ما أُسرَتي خَمَلوا

وَلا أُسَرُّ إِذا ما أُسرَتي خَمَلوا

وَهَل أَمِنتُ عَليهُمُ إِن هُمُ سادوا

وَهَل أَمِنتُ عَليهُمُ إِن هُمُ سادوا

Nor do I rejoice when my family remain obscure;

And I am not pleased when my equals go astray,

and can I feel safe for them if they rise to power?

And could I trust them if they prevailed?

وَالناسُ مِثلَ ضِراءِ الصَيدِ إِن غَفِلَت

وَالناسُ مِثلَ ضِراءِ الصَيدِ إِن غَفِلَت

عَن شَأنِها فَلَها بِالطَبعِ إِيسادُ

عَن شَأنِها فَلَها بِالطَبعِ إِيسادُ

And people are like hunting hounds: if they grow heedless

People are like prey animals, if you neglect

of their task, they are goaded on by instinct.

Their affairs, they naturally lean to evil,

إِذا الأَصاغِرُ لاقَتها أَكابِرُها

إِذا الأَصاغِرُ لاقَتها أَكابِرُها

فَتِلكَ في الشَرِّ أَشبالٌ وَآسادُ

فَتِلكَ في الشَرِّ أَشبالٌ وَآسادُ

When the lesser ones are met by their greater ones,

When the small encounter the great,

then, in evil, they are lion cubs and lions.

Those are in evil cubs and lions.