لَم أَرَ كَالدُنيا بِها اغتَرَّ أَهلُها

لَم أَرَ كَالدُنيا بِها اغتَرَّ أَهلُها

وَلا كَاليَقينِ اِستَوحَشَ الدَهرَ صاحِبُه

وَلا كَاليَقينِ اِستَوحَشَ الدَهرَ صاحِبُه

Never have I seen the like of this world, by which its people are beguiled;

I have seen nothing like this world, by which its people are beguiled,

nor the like of certainty, whose possessor finds the passing age a lonely place.

Nor anything like certainty, whose possessor feels dread all his life.