رَأى الأَقوامُ دُنياهُم عَروساً

وَما لِقيَتهُمُ إِلّا بِغَولِ

The people saw their world as a bride,

Yet she did not meet them except with betrayal.

مَتّى أَنا راحِلٌ عَنها لِشَأني

فَإِنّي قَد قَضَيتُ بِها شُغولي

When I depart from it for my own affairs,

For I have already finished my duties with it.