سَكَنتُكِ يا دُنيا بِرُغمِيَ مُكرَهاً

سَكَنتُكِ يا دُنيا بِرُغمِيَ مُكرَهاً

وَما كانَ لي في ذاكَ صُنعٌ وَلا أَمرُ

وَما كانَ لي في ذاكَ صُنعٌ وَلا أَمرُ

I have dwelt in you, O world, against my will, compelled,

I dwelt in you, O world, against my will, compelled.

and in that I had neither choice nor command.

And I had no hand in that, nor any say.

وَجَرَّبتُ حَتّى قَد قَلَبتُكِ خِبرَةً

وَجَرَّبتُ حَتّى قَد قَلَبتُكِ خِبرَةً

فَأَنتِ وِعاءٌ حَشوُهُ الهَمُّ وَالوِزرُ

فَأَنتِ وِعاءٌ حَشوُهُ الهَمُّ وَالوِزرُ

I tested you until, through experience, I had turned you every way;

And I tried you until, through experience, I knew you inside out.

for you are a vessel whose filling is sorrow and sin.

So you are a vessel whose contents are worry and sin.

فَإِن أَرتَحِل يَوماً أَدَعكِ ذَميمَةً

فَإِن أَرتَحِل يَوماً أَدَعكِ ذَميمَةً

وَما فيكِ مِن دَعوى غِراسٍ وَلا بَذرُ

وَما فيكِ مِن دَعوى غِراسٍ وَلا بَذرُ

So if one day I depart, I shall leave you condemned,

So if I depart one day, I shall leave you reviled.

with neither planted growth nor seed that you can claim.

And I lay no claim to any plantings or seed in you.