كَفاكَ عَنِ الدُنيا الذَميمَةِ مَخبَراً

كَفاكَ عَنِ الدُنيا الذَميمَةِ مَخبَراً

غِنى باخِليها وَافتِقارِ كِرامِها

غِنى باخِليها وَافتِقارِ كِرامِها

Enough testimony for you about this blameworthy world is

Enough of telling me about this base world,

the wealth of its misers and the poverty of its generous people,

Of the greed of its wealthy and the poverty of its nobles,

وَأَنَّ رِجالَ النَفعِ تَحتَ مَداسِها

وَأَنَّ رِجالَ النَفعِ تَحتَ مَداسِها

وَأَنَّ رِجالَ الضُرِّ فَوقَ سَنامِها

وَأَنَّ رِجالَ الضُرِّ فَوقَ سَنامِها

and that men who bring benefit are beneath its tread,

And that the men of merit are under its feet,

and that men who bring harm are atop its hump.

While the men of evil are over its summits.