الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ يَسعى لِحاجَتِهِ

الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ يَسعى لِحاجَتِهِ

ما بَينَ ذي فَرَحٍ مِنهُم وَمَهمومِ

ما بَينَ ذي فَرَحٍ مِنهُم وَمَهمومِ

All people strive to meet their needs,

All people strive for their needs

Some of them joyful, others careworn.

Between those happy and those worried

وَمالِكٌ ظَلَّ مَشغولاً بِنِسبَتِهِ

وَمالِكٌ ظَلَّ مَشغولاً بِنِسبَتِهِ

يَرُمُّ مِنها خَراباً غَيرَ مَرمومِ

يَرُمُّ مِنها خَراباً غَيرَ مَرمومِ

And Malik remains preoccupied with his lineage,

And an owner remains busy with his percentage

Patching up its unrepaired ruins.

Seeking from it a ruin not lamented

يَبني بُيوتاً خَراباً لا أَنيسَ بِها

يَبني بُيوتاً خَراباً لا أَنيسَ بِها

ما بَينَ طَوقٍ إِلى عَمرِو اِبنِ كُلثومِ

ما بَينَ طَوقٍ إِلى عَمرِو اِبنِ كُلثومِ

He builds ruined houses with no companion within,

He builds ruined homes, no companion in them

From Tawq to Amr ibn Kulthum.

Between a necklace and the life of Amr ibn Kulthum