ما زلتُ في غِبطةِ عِيشى عالِماً

ما زلتُ في غِبطةِ عِيشى عالِماً

أن سيزولُ بالهمومِ ما غَبَطْ

أن سيزولُ بالهمومِ ما غَبَطْ

In the bliss of my life, I have always known

I'm still blissful in my life though I know

That worries will sweep away what one has envied,

That worries will make this bliss go

وأَنّ صرْفَ الدَّهرِ يأتي بالّذي

وأَنّ صرْفَ الدَّهرِ يأتي بالّذي

ساء اعتماداً وبما سَرَّ غَلَطْ

ساء اعتماداً وبما سَرَّ غَلَطْ

And that the turns of time bring what

And time's turns will bring what's been

Causes grief by design, and what gives joy by mistake.

Bad though relied on, and what's pleased is wrong

بينا الفَتى تعلو به جُدودُهُ

بينا الفَتى تعلو به جُدودُهُ

إذْ أسلَمَتْهُ للرّزايا فَهَبَطْ

إذْ أسلَمَتْهُ للرّزايا فَهَبَطْ

While a young man's fortunes raise him high,

While a lad, his ancestry exalts him

Suddenly they surrender him to calamities, and he falls,

But adversities make him sink low

حتّى يرِقَّ حاسدٌ لحالهِ

حتّى يرِقَّ حاسدٌ لحالهِ

مِن بعدِ ما نافَسَ فيها وغَبَطْ

مِن بعدِ ما نافَسَ فيها وغَبَطْ

Until an envier feels pity for his plight,

Until enviers pity his state

After vying for his lot and envying him.

After competing and coveting so