1. دارٌ بُليتُ بِحُبِّها

    خَوّانَةٌ لِمُحِبِّها

    An abode: I have been afflicted with love for it,

    ever treacherous to its lover.

  2. كُلٌّ مُعَنّى مُبتَلىً

    بِعَطائِها وَبِسَلبِها

    Everyone is tormented and tried

    by its giving and its taking away,

  3. وَبِخَلبِها وَغُرورِها

    وَبِبُعدِها وَبِقُربِها

    and by its beguilement and its deceit,

    and by its distance and its nearness,

  4. وَبِحَمدِها وَبِذَمِّها

    وَبِحُبِّها وَبِسَبِّها

    and by praising it and blaming it,

    and by loving it and cursing it.

  5. إِن لَم تُعَن بِقَناعَةٍ

    ضاقَت عَلَيكَ بِرُحبِها

    If you are not aided by contentment,

    it grows narrow for you despite its spaciousness.

  6. ما تَنقَضي لَكَ لَذَّةٌ

    إِلّا بِرَوعَةِ خَطبِها

    No pleasure of yours ends

    except with the shock of its calamity.

  7. إِن أَقبَلَت بِغَضارَةٍ

    سَحَّ النَعِيُّ بِجَنبِها

    If it comes bearing prosperity,

    tidings of death pour down beside it.