ما أَحسَنَ الدُنيا وَإِقبالَها

إِذا أَطاعَ اللَهَ مَن نالَها

How beautiful this life is and its prosperity,

When one obeys God and attains it.

مَن لَم يُؤاسِ الناسَ مِن فَضلِهِ

عَرَّضَ لِلإِدبارِ إِقبالَها

Whoever is not benevolent to people from his bounty,

Exposes its prosperity to decline.

كَأَنَّنا لَم نَرَ أَيّامَها

تَلعَبُ بِالناسِ وَأَحوالَها

It is as if we never saw its days,

Playing with people and their conditions.

إِنّا لَنَزدادُ اغتِراراً بِها

وَاللَهُ قَد عَرَّفَنا حالَها

We become more deceived by it,

And God has made us recognize its state.

نَغضَبُ لِلدُنيا وَنَرضى لَها

كَأَنَّنا لَم نَرَ أَفعالَها

We get angry for this life and become pleased with it,

As if we never saw its deeds.