آل الغُرور لَقَد ساقوا نَجائبِهِم

شَرقا وَغربا قَد است كل ما لاقت

The people of arrogance, they have led their glories

East and west, it has taken all it encountered

ظَنّوا الزَمانَ عَلى رُغمِ يُطاوِعُهُم

وَاِن أَوقاته طوعا لَهُم رافَت

They thought time would obey them despite itself

Yet time yielded to them only for a while

وَلَيسَ اِلّا عَدوا سوف يفجأهم

برقط غدر اِلى عاداتها اِشتاقَت

It is but an enemy that will suddenly strike them

With a bolt of treachery it has grown accustomed to