سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْكِ يَا دُنْيَايَ وَجْهِي

سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْكِ يَا دُنْيَايَ وَجْهِي

وَأَبْغِضُ مِنْكَ مَا قَدْ كُنْتُ أَهْوَى

وَأَبْغِضُ مِنْكَ مَا قَدْ كُنْتُ أَهْوَى

I shall turn my face away from you, O my world,

I will turn my face away from you, O life

and loathe what I once loved in you.

And hate what I had loved of you before

بَلَوْتُ مَشَارِبَاً لَكِ مُتْرَعَاتٍ

بَلَوْتُ مَشَارِبَاً لَكِ مُتْرَعَاتٍ

عَلَى ظَمَإِ فَلَمْ أَرَ فِيْكِ صَفْوَا

عَلَى ظَمَإِ فَلَمْ أَرَ فِيْكِ صَفْوَا

I have tried your brimming drinking places,

I have tasted your waters in many a spring

while thirsty, yet found no clear water in you.

Thirsting, but found no sweetness there