كَمْ وَكَمْ دولةٍ تبرمْتُ منها

كَمْ وَكَمْ دولةٍ تبرمْتُ منها

ثم زالتْ كأنَّها لمْ تكنْها

ثم زالتْ كأنَّها لمْ تكنْها

How many, how many a reign have I grown weary of!

How many a kingdom have I seen displease me,

Then it vanished, as though it had never been.

Then pass away as though it had never been.

وإذا نعمةُ الظلومِ تداعتْ

وإذا نعمةُ الظلومِ تداعتْ

لزوالٍ فاحذرْ منَ الذبِّ عنها

لزوالٍ فاحذرْ منَ الذبِّ عنها

And when the oppressor’s prosperity begins to crumble

And when the blessings of the unjust flow away,

Toward ruin, beware of defending it.

Beware of grabbing them, for they cannot last.