لَعَمري لَقَد بِعنا القَناءَ نُفوسَنا

بِلا عِوَضٍ عِندَ البِياعِ وَلا ثِنيا

By my life, we have sold our souls

At no profit to the buyer nor praise to the seller.

وَلَو بَينَ دُنيانا الدَنيَّةِ خُيِّرَت

وَبَينَ سِواها ماءَرادَت سِوى الدُنِّيا

And if the choice were offered between this base world

And another, it would choose none but this base world.