أَلا قاطِعوا الدُنيا فقد واصَلَت أَذى

أَلا قاطِعوا الدُنيا فقد واصَلَت أَذى

بَنِيها وآلَت أَنَّها ليسَ تُحسِنُ

بَنِيها وآلَت أَنَّها ليسَ تُحسِنُ

Behold, break with the world, for it has persisted in harming

Alas! The world's harm has connected,

Its children, and has sworn that it will do no good.

Its children have decided it cannot be kind.

فمَن يَرجُ أَمناً من مَكايِدِ حربها

فمَن يَرجُ أَمناً من مَكايِدِ حربها

يَكُن كالذي يرجو لما ليسَ يُمكِنُ

يَكُن كالذي يرجو لما ليسَ يُمكِنُ

So whoever hopes for safety from the stratagems of its war

Who hopes for safety from its war's plots,

Will be like one who hopes for what is impossible.

Is like one who hopes for what cannot happen.

فبَينا تَرَى نَعماءَها قد تحرَّكت

فبَينا تَرَى نَعماءَها قد تحرَّكت

تُعاضُ ببؤسٍ ثمَّ في الحينِ تَسكُنُ

تُعاضُ ببؤسٍ ثمَّ في الحينِ تَسكُنُ

For just as you see its prosperity begin to stir,

While its prosperity seems to stir,

It is replaced by misery, then at once falls still.

It is stung by misery, then in an instant, it rests.