لك الدنيا وما فيها بلاد

تلاحظها بعينيك احتقارا

You own the world and all the countries

You look at them with scornful eyes

تكبر ذا الزمان على بنيه

فعش حتى تعلمه الصغارا

This age has grown too big for its people

So live until the little ones teach it humbleness

وصار صغارهم فيه كبارا

فدم حتى تردهم صغارا

And its little ones become big in it

So stay put until you make them little again

خدمت لك الملوك اروض نفسي

لآمن تحت خدمتك العثارا

I have served kings to tame my soul

So I can safely serve under you without disgrace

ولو كانت لنا الدنيا جعلنا

لك الدنيا وما فيها نثارا

And if we owned the world we would have

Given you the world and all that's in it