هِيَ الدُنيا فَلا يَغرُركَ مِنها

هِيَ الدُنيا فَلا يَغرُركَ مِنها

مَخايِلَ تَستَفِزُّ ذَوي العُقولِ

مَخايِلَ تَستَفِزُّ ذَوي العُقولِ

It is the world: do not be deceived by its

This is the life, so do not be deceived

alluring appearances that unsettle the wise.

By its illusions that excite the minds

أَقَلُّ قَليلِها يَكفيكَ مِنها

أَقَلُّ قَليلِها يَكفيكَ مِنها

وَلَكِن لَستَ تَقنَعُ بِالقَليلِ

وَلَكِن لَستَ تَقنَعُ بِالقَليلِ

The merest pittance of it is enough for you,

The least of its little is enough for you

and yet you are not content with little.

Yet you are not satisfied with little

تُشيدُ وَتَبتَني في كُلِّ يَومٍ

تُشيدُ وَتَبتَني في كُلِّ يَومٍ

وَأَنتَ عَلى التَجَهُّزِ لِلرَحيلِ

وَأَنتَ عَلى التَجَهُّزِ لِلرَحيلِ

You erect buildings and build, day after day,

You build and construct every day

while you are preparing to depart.

While you prepare to depart

وَمَن هَذا عَلى الأَيّامِ تَبقى

وَمَن هَذا عَلى الأَيّامِ تَبقى

مَضارِبُهُ بِمَدرَجَةِ السُيولِ

مَضارِبُهُ بِمَدرَجَةِ السُيولِ

And who is there who, through the days, can keep

And who remains in this life

his tents standing in the path of torrents?

With his dwellings on the path of floods