نلوم ذي الدنيا على أَنَّها

نلوم ذي الدنيا على أَنَّها

خادعةٌ باطلةٌ زائِلَه

خادعةٌ باطلةٌ زائِلَه

We blame this world for being

We blame the world though she betrays

deceptive, vain, and fleeting;

Deceitful, false, soon fades away

ولم نَكُن نترُكُها بالرِضَى

ولم نَكُن نترُكُها بالرِضَى

وَهيَ بأَردَى شِدَّةٍ حاصِلَه

وَهيَ بأَردَى شِدَّةٍ حاصِلَه

yet we would not leave it willingly,

Yet we clung to her, not wanting to let go

though it is in the direst distress.

While with utmost force she held sway