تَوَلَّت بِهجَةُ الدُّنيا

تَوَلَّت بِهجَةُ الدُّنيا

فَكُلُّ جَديدها خَلقُ

فَكُلُّ جَديدها خَلقُ

The world's splendor has departed;

The joys of this world have passed away,

so all that is new in it is worn out.

And all that was new in it grew old.

وَخانَ النّاسَ كُلَّهُم

وَخانَ النّاسَ كُلَّهُم

فَما أَدري بِمَن أَثقُ

فَما أَدري بِمَن أَثقُ

And all people have proved treacherous,

All people have betrayed me,

so I do not know whom to trust.

So whom can I trust?

رَأَيتُ مَعالِمَ الخَيرا

رَأَيتُ مَعالِمَ الخَيرا

تِ سدَّت دونَها الطُّرقُ

تِ سدَّت دونَها الطُّرقُ

I saw the landmarks of good deeds;

I saw the signs of good,

the roads to them were blocked.

But the paths leading to it were blocked.

فَلا حَسبٌ وَلا نَسَب

فَلا حَسبٌ وَلا نَسَب

وَلا دين وَلا خلقُ

وَلا دين وَلا خلقُ

So there is neither ancestral honor nor lineage,

There is no lineage or birth,

nor religion nor moral character.

No religion or morals.

فَلَست مُصَدّق الأَقوا

فَلَست مُصَدّق الأَقوا

مِ في شَيءٍ وَلَو صَدَقوا

مِ في شَيءٍ وَلَو صَدَقوا

So I do not believe people

I do not believe words,

in anything, even if they speak the truth.

Even if they were truthful.