رَغبت عَن الدُنيا وَزخرف أَهلها

رَغبت عَن الدُنيا وَزخرف أَهلها

وَقُلت لِنَفسي إِنَّما العَيش في الأُخرى

وَقُلت لِنَفسي إِنَّما العَيش في الأُخرى

I turned away from the world and the splendor of its people,

I turned away from this world and its people's finery,

And told myself: “Life is only in the Hereafter.”

And I said to myself: life is only in the hereafter.

فَدَعني وَزُهدي في الحُطام فَإِنَّني

فَدَعني وَزُهدي في الحُطام فَإِنَّني

أَرى الزُهد في الدُنيا هُوَ الراحة الكُبرى

أَرى الزُهد في الدُنيا هُوَ الراحة الكُبرى

So leave me to my renunciation of worldly debris, for I

So leave me to my renunciation of worldly goods, for I

See that renouncing the world is the greatest repose.

See that renouncing this world is the greatest rest.