أَمَرَّت هَذِهِ الدُنيا وَمَرَّت

أَمَرَّت هَذِهِ الدُنيا وَمَرَّت

وَإِمراراً أُؤَنِّبُ لا مُرورا

وَإِمراراً أُؤَنِّبُ لا مُرورا

This world turned bitter and passed away;

This world has passed by and gone

And I reproach its bitterness, not its passing.

Yet passing I still mourn, not moving on

وَأَغرانا بِها طَبعٌ لَئيمٌ

وَأَغرانا بِها طَبعٌ لَئيمٌ

وَأَعطَت مِن حَبائِلِها غُرورا

وَأَعطَت مِن حَبائِلِها غُرورا

And a base nature enticed us to it,

A wicked nature makes us keen

And from its snares it offered delusion.

On its deceptions, binding unseen

قَرَتكَ مِنَ القِرى وَقَرَت بِهُلكٍ

قَرَتكَ مِنَ القِرى وَقَرَت بِهُلكٍ

وَأَقرَت عِبأَها وَقَرَت شُرورا

وَأَقرَت عِبأَها وَقَرَت شُرورا

It offered you hospitality, and served you destruction;

It settled you in settlements and towns

And laid its burden upon you, and gathered evils.

And settled its heft, and settled harms

أَيَلبَثُ لي فَأَذكُرَهُ زَمانٌ

أَيَلبَثُ لي فَأَذكُرَهُ زَمانٌ

فَإِنّي خِلتُهُ نَسِيَ السُرورا

فَإِنّي خِلتُهُ نَسِيَ السُرورا

Will any time linger for me, that I may remember it?

Will time remain for me to reminisce?

For I thought it had forgotten joy.

For I have left it, forgetting joyfulness