1. يَومُنا يُشبهُ أَمسِ

    مثلما نُصبِحُ نمسي

    Our day resembles yesterday;

    As we are in the morning, so we are in the evening.

  2. إِنَّ هَذي لحياةٌ

    ما تُساوي عُشرَ فلسِ

    Indeed, this is a life

    Not worth a tenth of a fils.

  3. فَمَتى يُنقلُ شَخصٌ

    آمِناً لِدارِ قُدسِ

    So when will a person be taken

    Safely to an abode of holiness,

  4. لِجنانٍ غالياتٍ

    عَريت مِن كُلِّ بُؤسِ

    To precious gardens,

    Free of every misery,

  5. ما تَلَذُّ العَينُ فيها

    وَاشتَهتهُ كُلُّ نَفسِ

    Where there is what delights the eye

    And what every soul has desired,

  6. مَعَ وِلدان وَحورٍ

    قاصِراتِ الطرفِ نفسِ

    With youths and fair-eyed maidens,

    Precious ones who restrain their gaze?

  7. لَم يَكن لَهُنَّ طَمثٌ

    لا بِجِنٍّ لا وَإِنسِ

    They have never been deflowered,

    Not by jinn, nor by humans.

  8. عُرُبٌ أَبكارُ حُسنٍ

    أنس لَيسَت بِشَمسِ

    Affectionate, beautiful virgins,

    Companionable, not aloof.

  9. نُورُهنَّ الدَهرَ باقٍ

    لا كَبَدرٍ لا وَشَمسِ

    Their light endures for all time,

    Unlike the full moon or the sun.

  10. هنَّ مِن إِيجادِ ربّي

    أنشِئت مِن غَير جِنسِ

    They are my Lord's creation,

    Brought forth from no stock.