يا رَبِّ عيشَةُ ذي الضَلالِ خَسارُ

يا رَبِّ عيشَةُ ذي الضَلالِ خَسارُ

أَطلِق أَسيرَكَ فَالحَياةُ إِسارُ

أَطلِق أَسيرَكَ فَالحَياةُ إِسارُ

O my Lord, the life of one astray is loss.

O Lord, the life of the misguided is loss

Release Your captive, for life is bondage.

Release your prisoner, for life is captivity

وَكَأَنَّ عُمرَ المَرءِ شُقَّةُ ظاعِنٍ

وَكَأَنَّ عُمرَ المَرءِ شُقَّةُ ظاعِنٍ

تُسرى بِأَنفاسٍ لَهُ وَتُسارُ

تُسرى بِأَنفاسٍ لَهُ وَتُسارُ

And a person's lifetime is like a traveler's long journey,

As if the life of a person is the sail of a ship

traversed with his breaths, by night and by day.

That sails on breaths, easy and difficult

وَكَأَنَّما الدُنِّيا كَعابٌ أَيُّنا

وَكَأَنَّما الدُنِّيا كَعابٌ أَيُّنا

رَجّى لَها صِلَةً فَذاكَ يَسارُ

رَجّى لَها صِلَةً فَذاكَ يَسارُ

And the world is like a maiden with budding breasts; whichever of us

As if the world is but waves, whoever

hopes for union with her—that man is Yasār.

Hopes in it, that is an easy sail

سَتَعودُ أَشباهٌ لِعادٍ مَرَّةً

سَتَعودُ أَشباهٌ لِعادٍ مَرَّةً

وَتَهُبُّ مِن رَقداتِها الأَيسارُ

وَتَهُبُّ مِن رَقداتِها الأَيسارُ

Those resembling ʿĀd will return once more,

Similar times to the past will return

and the Yasārs will awaken from their slumbers.

And good fortunes will wake from their slumber

وَإِذا الفَتى لَحَظَ الزَمانَ بِعَينِهِ

وَإِذا الفَتى لَحَظَ الزَمانَ بِعَينِهِ

هانَ الشَقاءُ عَلَيهِ وَالإِعسارُ

هانَ الشَقاءُ عَلَيهِ وَالإِعسارُ

And when a young man regards time with his own eye,

And when a young man sees time with his eyes

misery and poverty become easy for him to bear.

Hardship becomes easy, and poverty disappears