ذهب الوفء ذهاب امس الذاهب

والناس بين مخادع وموارب

Loyalty has gone, gone like yesterday gone

And people are deceptive and evasive

يبدون بينهم المودة والصفا

وقلوبهم محشوة بعقارب

They show affection and purity between them

Yet their hearts are filled with scorpions