مَرَّتِ اليَومَ شاطِرَة

مَرَّتِ اليَومَ شاطِرَة

بَضَّةُ الجِسمِ ساحِرَة

بَضَّةُ الجِسمِ ساحِرَة

A saucy girl passed by today,

Passed today, a clever one

Soft and plump of body, bewitching.

With a charming, bewitching body

إِنَّ دُنيا هِيَ الَّتي

إِنَّ دُنيا هِيَ الَّتي

مَرَّتِ اليَومَ سافِرَه

مَرَّتِ اليَومَ سافِرَه

Indeed, Dunya is the one who

It is this world that

Passed by today unveiled.

Passed today as a traveller

سَرَقوا نِصفَ إِسمِها

سَرَقوا نِصفَ إِسمِها

فَهيَ دُنيا وَآخِرَه

فَهيَ دُنيا وَآخِرَه

They stole half her name,

They stole half her name

For she is this world and the Hereafter.

So she is a world and an end