ألا اقْبح بدهلكَ من بلدة
فكلُّ امرئٍ حلّها هالِكُ
How ugly is your city, so wretched a place,
Where all who enter are doomed to disgrace.
كفاكَ دليلٌ على أنها
جحيمٌ وخازنُها مالكُ
Proof you are of a hellish abode,
With Malik as the keeper of roads.
ألا اقْبح بدهلكَ من بلدة
فكلُّ امرئٍ حلّها هالِكُ
How ugly is your city, so wretched a place,
Where all who enter are doomed to disgrace.
كفاكَ دليلٌ على أنها
جحيمٌ وخازنُها مالكُ
Proof you are of a hellish abode,
With Malik as the keeper of roads.