أَراني في قَيدِ الحَياةِ مُكَلَّفاً

ثَقائِلَ أَمشي تَحتَها وَأُطابِقُ

I see myself compelled in the shackles of life

Bearing heavy burdens as I walk beneath them conforming

إِذا كُنتَ في دارِ الشَقاءِ مُصَلِيّاً

فَإِنَّكَ في دارِ لسَعادَةِ سابِقُ

If you are praying in the abode of misery

You are in fact ahead in the abode of happiness

إِذا الحُرُّ لَم يَنهَض بِفَرضِ صَلاتِهِ

فَذَلِكَ عَبدٌ مِن يَدِ الدَهرِ آبِقُ

If the free man does not undertake his ordained prayers

He is a slave escaped from the hands of fate

تَقيٌّ يُعاني ظِمئَهُ وَمُضَلَّلٌ

لَهُ صابِحٌ مِن غَيرِ حِلٍّ وَغابِقُ

A devout man suffering his thirst, and a misguided one

Having a morning drink without lawful or forbidden