ذَمُّكِ يا دُنيايَ مَدحُ نَفسي

ذَمُّكِ يا دُنيايَ مَدحُ نَفسي

أَقلَلتِ زادي وَأَطَلتِ حَبسي

أَقلَلتِ زادي وَأَطَلتِ حَبسي

To blame you, O my world, is to praise myself.

Blaming you, O my life, is praising myself

You have diminished my provisions and prolonged my confinement.

You have lessened my provisions and prolonged my imprisonment

غَداً أَمانِيَّ وَيَأسي أَمسي

غَداً أَمانِيَّ وَيَأسي أَمسي

وَاليَومَ مِن مَآتِمٍ وَعُرسِ

وَاليَومَ مِن مَآتِمٍ وَعُرسِ

Tomorrow holds my hopes, and my yesterday holds my despair.

Tomorrow, my wishes and despair of yesterday

And today is made of funerals and a wedding.

And today of sorrows and weddings

لا أَفقَدُ الوَحشَةَ عِندَ الأُنسِ

لا أَفقَدُ الوَحشَةَ عِندَ الأُنسِ

طوبى لَنا وَتَحتَ تُربِ الرَمسِ

طوبى لَنا وَتَحتَ تُربِ الرَمسِ

I am never free of loneliness, even in company.

I do not lose loneliness in the company of friends

Blessed are we beneath the dust of the grave:

Bliss to us and under the dust of worms

لا يُعرَفُ الهَمُّ إِذا ما يُمسي

لا يُعرَفُ الهَمُّ إِذا ما يُمسي

No sorrow is known when evening comes.

Sorrow is not known when the evening comes