أَحسنَت الدنيا التي اسْتَرْجَعَتْ

مِنِّي تِلك الحالةَ الفَاخِرَة

The world was good when it took back

That lofty state from me,

ما شَغَلَتْ بالي بتقبِيحها

بل فرَّغَتْ قَلْبي إِلى الآخرة

It did not busy my mind with vilifying it,

But freed my heart for the hereafter.