حُبُّ الرِئاسَةِ أَطغى مَن عَلى الأَرضِ

حَتّى بَغى بَعضُهُم فيها عَلى بَعضِ

The love of leadership has overwhelmed those on earth

Until some of them oppressed others

فَحَسبِيَ اللَهُ رَبّي لا شَريكَ لَهُ

إِلَيهِ ما كانَ مِن بَسطي وَمِن قَبضي

So my Lord God suffices me, He has no partner

To Him belongs all that was in my fate and destiny

إِنَّ القُنوعَ لَزادٌ إِن رَضيتَ بِهِ

كُنتَ الغَنِيَّ وَكُنتَ الوافِرَ العِرضِ

Indeed, being content is provision, if you accept it

You will be wealthy and ample in dignity

ما بَينَ مَيتٍ وَبَينَ الحَيِّ مِن صِلَةٍ

مَن ماتَ أَصبَحَ في بَحبوحَةِ الرَفضِ

Between the dead and the living there is no kinship

Whoever dies finds himself forsaken and abandoned

الدَهرُ يُبرِمُني طَوراً وَيَنقُضُني

فَما بَقائي عَلى الإِبرامِ وَالنَقضِ

Time treats me harshly again and again

So my existence is not immune to its blows and shocks

ما زِلتُ مُذ كانَ فِيَّ الروحُ مُنتَقِصاً

يَموتُ في كُلَّ يَومٍ مَرَّ بي بَعضي

Ever since the soul in me was imperfect

A part of me dies every day that passes