[Intro]
Dunya, ya zalma, keis tji 3lia
Khafifa fi qalbi, wa qlbi ma yansaa
[Verse 1]
Nshouf el-howa w ya hiya fiya fiha
Nehmar fi adham, bel-kalam ma yokra
Kol nhar nse7, kul marra nalla
Ana li ghayr ma yahqiq, rani f westa
[Pre-Chorus]
Lamma netwahhem bennafsi, kayn s-sowal
Shkun yatafak? wesh nwalli n3awd bel-amil?
[Chorus]
Ya dunya, ya zalma, 3atini shhar el-holm
Kount nhebbeha, walakin tighalbi 3alayya
Aqlli, khalli ya sadiqi, nfouq l-hulm bel-amiin
Ma ykhafnash, nji lil-hob, nji lil-rahlia
[Verse 2]
Namsi b-layl, nshouf n-nour yetla3
Kelma min qalbi, tdhak fi wajhi l-yaqeen
Kan-tammanna nfarraj qalbi men al-alam
Bas dunya t-ardabni, wa ana fi l-ibtiham
[Pre-Chorus]
Kif nansa el-wajh? kayn ghrib fi qalbi
Namtakid bi-ruh, nqul: ghir sabrani
[Chorus]
Ya dunya, ya zalma, 3atini shhar el-holm
Kount nhebbeha, walakin tighalbi 3alayya
Aqlli, khalli ya sadiqi, nfouq l-hulm bel-amiin
Ma ykhafnash, nji lil-hob, nji lil-rahlia
[Bridge]
Rani narja3 lil-rahba, nlahqa el-aman
Nshouf n-nur yinti, min hayati l-warda
[Chorus]
Ya dunya, ya zalma, 3atini shhar el-holm
Kount nhebbeha, walakin tighalbi 3alayya
Aqlli, khalli ya sadiqi, nfouq l-hulm bel-amiin
Ma ykhafnash, nji lil-hob, nji lil-rahlia
[Outro]
Dunya ya zalma, ma t-khaftinich, ma tlansi
Ana mazdouja bihi, wa nti t-zalli