هي الدنيا فلا سلمٌ

هي الدنيا فلا سلمٌ

يدوم بها ولا حربُ

يدوم بها ولا حربُ

Such is the world: no peace

This is the world, where neither peace

lasts within it, nor does war.

Nor war can long endure.

فلا يغررك ما منحت

فلا يغررك ما منحت

فإن عطاءها سلبُ

فإن عطاءها سلبُ

So let not what it has granted deceive you,

Do not be fooled by what it gives,

for its giving is taking away.

For what it gives, it takes away.