1. أُفِّ لِلدُنيا فَلَيسَت لَي بِدار

    إِنَّما الراحَةُ في دارِ القَرار

    Fie on the world, for it is no home for me.

    Rest is only in the abode of permanence.

  2. أَبَتِ الساعاتُ إِلّا سُرعَةً

    في بِلى جِسمي بِلَيلٍ وَنَهار

    The hours insist on nothing but haste

    in wearing away my body by night and day.

  3. إِنَّما الدُنيا غُرورٌ كُلُّها

    مِثلُ لَمعِ الآلِ في الأَرضِ القِفار

    The world is nothing but deception, all of it,

    like the glimmer of a mirage in barren lands.

  4. يا عِبادَ اللَهِ كُلٌّ زائِلٌ

    نَحنُ نَصبٌ لِلمَقاديرِ الجَوار

    O servants of God, all things pass away.

    We are targets for the decrees of fate as they run their course.