مَن يَعرِفِ الدُنيا يَهُن عِندَهُ

مَن يَعرِفِ الدُنيا يَهُن عِندَهُ

إِمراعُها الدَهرَ وَإِمحالُها

إِمراعُها الدَهرَ وَإِمحالُها

For one who knows the world, of little account are

Whoever knows this world will be humbled

its abundance and its barrenness throughout time.

Its deception lasts long and its tribulations endless

لَذّاتُها تُعجِبُ أَملاكَها

لَذّاتُها تُعجِبُ أَملاكَها

لَو لَم تُغَيَّر بِهِمُ حالُها

لَو لَم تُغَيَّر بِهِمُ حالُها

Its pleasures would delight its kings,

Its pleasures entrance its kings

if its condition were not changed for them.

If it did not change their circumstances

دارٌ حَلَلناها عَلى رَغمِنا

دارٌ حَلَلناها عَلى رَغمِنا

وَإِنَّما يُنظَرُ تَرحالُها

وَإِنَّما يُنظَرُ تَرحالُها

A dwelling where we settled against our will,

It is a house we inhabited against our will

and only departure from it is awaited.

And we watch it only to move on

وَالخَودُ كَالنَخلَةِ مَجنِيَّةٌ

وَالخَودُ كَالنَخلَةِ مَجنِيَّةٌ

وَزَوجُها البائِسُ فُحّالُها

وَزَوجُها البائِسُ فُحّالُها

And the young woman, like a date palm, has her fruit plucked;

The cheeks are like a laden date palm

and her wretched husband is her male palm.

And her poor husband collects its fruit