فلَوْ حِلْتُمُ مِنْ دُونِهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ لَكُمْ

فلَوْ حِلْتُمُ مِنْ دُونِهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ لَكُمْ

يَدَ الدَّهْرِ عِزٌّ لا يبوخُ ولا يسري

يَدَ الدَّهْرِ عِزٌّ لا يبوخُ ولا يسري

So, had you stood in his defense, you would have retained

Had you resolved without Him, time's hand for you

for all time a glory that neither dies down nor passes away.

Would always mighty be, unfailing, unrestrained,

وَلَمْ تَقْعدُوا والدّارُ دُخَانُهَا

وَلَمْ تَقْعدُوا والدّارُ دُخَانُهَا

يحرَّقُ فيها بالسَّعِيرِ وبالجمرِ

يحرَّقُ فيها بالسَّعِيرِ وبالجمرِ

And you would not have sat idle while the house's smoke

Nor would you dwell in a house with smoke-filled rooms

burned within it amid blazing fire and embers.

Ablaze with flaming fires and burning embers.

فَلَمْ أَرَ يوماً كانَ أكثرَ ضَيْعَةً

فَلَمْ أَرَ يوماً كانَ أكثرَ ضَيْعَةً

وَأَقْرَبَ منهُ للغِوَايَةِ والنُّكْرِ

وَأَقْرَبَ منهُ للغِوَايَةِ والنُّكْرِ

For I have never seen a day of greater neglect,

Thus I have never seen a day of vainer waste,

or closer than it to waywardness and wrongdoing.

Nearer to going astray, denial and disbelief.