عَقَقتَ دُنياكَ إِن حاوَلتَ خِدمَتَها

إِيّاكَ وَالأُمَّ لا تُدعى مِنَ الآمِ

You will break your world if you try to serve it

Beware of hope, it is not to be called from uncertainties

وَتَحتَ رِجلِكَ مِنها مَفرِقٌ تَرِبٌ

أَنّى اِتَّجَهتَ بِإِعراقٍ وَإِشآمِ

And under your feet lies a scattered dust

Whither you went with perspiration and determination

أَسِمتِني أُمَّ دِفرٍ غَيرِ مُرعِيَةٍ

وَزادَ أَهلُكِ إِعناتي وَإِسآمي

Name me a mother of ruins, not taken care of

And your family augmented my weakness and leanness