أَيُّها القَلبُ مُت فَخَيرٌ وَأَبقى

أَيُّها القَلبُ مُت فَخَيرٌ وَأَبقى

لَكَ مَوتٌ يَقيكَ شرَّ العِبادِ

لَكَ مَوتٌ يَقيكَ شرَّ العِبادِ

O heart, die—for better and more lasting

O heart, death is better and more lasting for you

for you is a death that shields you from people's evil.

A death that protects you from the evil of mankind

إِن تَكُن طاهِراً فَحَسبُكَ ما لا

إِن تَكُن طاهِراً فَحَسبُكَ ما لا

قيتَ في الكَونِ مِن عَظيمِ الفَسادِ

قيتَ في الكَونِ مِن عَظيمِ الفَسادِ

If you are pure, enough for you is what you have

If you are pure, it is enough for you that you avoided

encountered in the world of immense corruption.

The great corruption in the universe

ما ترجّي وَقد شَعَرت بِأَنَّ ال

ما ترجّي وَقد شَعَرت بِأَنَّ ال

مكرَ يَثوي حَتّى بِقَلبِ سعادِ

مكرَ يَثوي حَتّى بِقَلبِ سعادِ

What do you hope for, now that you have sensed that

What do you hope for when you know that

deceit dwells even in Suad's heart?

Treachery lurks even in the heart of the fortunate

يا فُؤادي خَيرٌ لِجِسمي حَياةٌ

يا فُؤادي خَيرٌ لِجِسمي حَياةٌ

في شَقاها تَبقى بِدونِ فُؤادِ

في شَقاها تَبقى بِدونِ فُؤادِ

O my heart, better for my body is a life

O my heart, it's better for my body to live

that, in its misery, endures without a heart.

A life of misery without a heart