تشكَّى بنو الدنيا وودُّوا فناءهم

تشكَّى بنو الدنيا وودُّوا فناءهم

وقد باتَ ذاكَ الأمرُ طوقَهم يعدو

وقد باتَ ذاكَ الأمرُ طوقَهم يعدو

The children of the world complained and wished for their own extinction;

The people of this world complained and wished for their demise

And that matter has now come to exceed their power.

Yet that matter became their yoke, driving them on

إذا انتحروا لم يُدركوا بانتحارِهِم

إذا انتحروا لم يُدركوا بانتحارِهِم

سوى أَلَمٍ مُضْنٍ يحرِّشهُ العَمد

سوى أَلَمٍ مُضْنٍ يحرِّشهُ العَمد

If they kill themselves, they gain through their suicide

If they committed suicide, their suicide would not lead them

Nothing but debilitating pain, inflamed by deliberate intent.

To anything but severe, excruciating pain

وباءٌ وأمراضٌ، وخورُ عزائمٍ

وباءٌ وأمراضٌ، وخورُ عزائمٍ

سلاسلُ بؤسٍ ضاقَ عن حصرها العدُّ

سلاسلُ بؤسٍ ضاقَ عن حصرها العدُّ

Pestilence and diseases, and weakness of resolve—

Plagues and diseases, and the loss of resolve

Chains of misery that counting cannot encompass.

Chains of misery too narrow to be contained