ماذا يَصيرُ إِلَيكِ يا أَرضُ

مِمَّن غَذاهُ اللينُ وَالخَفضُ

What will happen to you, O land

From one nurtured by gentleness and humility?

أَبصَرتُ مَن وافى مَنِيَّتَهُ

فَكَأَنَّ حُبَّ حَبيبِهِ بُغضُ

I saw the one who met his fate

As if the love of his beloved were hatred

عَجَباً لِذي أَمَلٍ يُغَرُّ بِهِ

وَيَقينُهُ بِفَنائِهِ مَحضُ

How strange is one who hopes which deceives him

And his certainty of perishing is pure

وَلِكُلِّ ذي عَمَلٍ يَدينُ بِهِ

يَوماً عَلى دَيّانِهِ عَرضُ

For everyone with deeds he is indebted to

A day to his Judge he will present

يا ذا المُقيمُ بِمَنزِلٍ أَشِبٍ

وَمَقامُ ساكِنِهِ بِهِ دَحضُ

O dweller of a home like a mirage

The abode of its dweller through it vanishes

ما لِاِبنِ آدَمَ في تَصَرُّفِ ما

يَجري بِهِ بَسطٌ وَلا قَبضُ

What is for the son of Adam in disposing what

Flows through extension or grasping?