وَدُنياكَ الَّتي غَرَّتكَ مِنها

وَدُنياكَ الَّتي غَرَّتكَ مِنها

زَخارِفُها تَصيرُ إِلى اِنجِذاذِ

زَخارِفُها تَصيرُ إِلى اِنجِذاذِ

And your world, which has beguiled you with

And your world that deceived you

Its finery, will come to an end.

Its ornaments will end up scattered

تَزَحزَح عَن مَهالِكِها بِجُهدٍ

تَزَحزَح عَن مَهالِكِها بِجُهدٍ

فَما أَصغى إِلَيها ذو نَفاذِ

فَما أَصغى إِلَيها ذو نَفاذِ

Strive to distance yourself from its deadly perils,

Strive to save yourself from its pitfalls

For no discerning person has heeded it.

Yet no one with insight lent an ear

لَقَد مُزِجَت حَلاوَتُها بِسُمٍّ

لَقَد مُزِجَت حَلاوَتُها بِسُمٍّ

فَما كَالحَذرِ مِنها مِن مَلاذِ

فَما كَالحَذرِ مِنها مِن مَلاذِ

Indeed, its sweetness has been mixed with poison,

Indeed its sweetness was mixed with poison

For no refuge compares to being wary of it.

No refuge avails against it

عَجِبتُ لِمُعجَبٍ بِنَعيمِ دُنيا

عَجِبتُ لِمُعجَبٍ بِنَعيمِ دُنيا

وَمَغبونٍ بِأَيّامٍ لِذاذِ

وَمَغبونٍ بِأَيّامٍ لِذاذِ

I have marveled at one captivated by worldly bliss,

I wonder at one enchanted by the bliss of the world

And one duped by delightful days,

And fooled by pleasurable days

وَمُؤثِرٍ المُقامَ بِأَرضِ قَفرٍ

وَمُؤثِرٍ المُقامَ بِأَرضِ قَفرٍ

عَلى بَلَدٍ خَصيبٍ ذي رَذاذِ

عَلى بَلَدٍ خَصيبٍ ذي رَذاذِ

And one preferring to dwell in a barren land

And preferring to stay in barren lands

Over a fertile land with light rain.

Over a fertile place with vegetation