مُكَرُهُم مَعروفُ أَهلِ النُهى

مُكَرُهُم مَعروفُ أَهلِ النُهى

لِأَنَّ مَعروفَهُم المُنكَرُ

لِأَنَّ مَعروفَهُم المُنكَرُ

Their schemes are known to people of reason,

for their goodness is evil.

وَيُسِرِّهُمُ يُسرٌ وَعُسرٌ بِلا

وَيُسِرِّهُمُ يُسرٌ وَعُسرٌ بِلا

يُسرٍ ثَنى دينَهُم الأَعسَرُ

يُسرٍ ثَنى دينَهُم الأَعسَرُ

And ease delights them, while hardship without

ease—the harsher lot—has bent their faith.

كانوا عَلى الإِقبالِ قَد أَقبَلوا

كانوا عَلى الإِقبالِ قَد أَقبَلوا

لِما تَوَلّوا وَجهَهُ أَدبَروا

لِما تَوَلّوا وَجهَهُ أَدبَروا

They had already advanced toward good fortune;

when they turned toward its face, they turned their backs.