1. If a king is busy with frivolity,
Then judge his kingdom with woe and war.
١. إذا غَدا مَلِكٌ باللَّهوِ مُشتَغِلاً
فاحكُمْ على مُلكِهِ بالوَيْلِ والحَرَبِ
2. Don't you see the sun in the scales descending
When the mansion of the star of frivolity and turmoil rose?
٢. أمَا ترى الشَّمسَ في المِيزانِ هابِطةْ
لّما غَدا بُرْجَ نَجمِ اللَّهْوِ والطَّرَبِ