Feedback

O deluded one, wait!

أيها المغرور مهلا

1. O deluded one, wait!
You are not worthy of honor.

١. أَيُّهَا الْمَغْرُورُ مَهْلا
لَسْتَ لِلتَّكْرِيمِ أَهْلا

2. How did you come upon wishes?
Have you seen the difficult become easy?

٢. كَيْفَ صَادَفْتَ الأَمَانِي
هَلْ رَأَيْتَ الصَّعْبَ سَهْلا

3. You left it as flowing water,
So drink high and low.

٣. خِلْتَهَا مَاءً نَمِيراً
فَاشْرَبَنْ عَلاً وَنَهْلا

4. Where are the people of the house? Look,
Do you see anyone in the house?

٤. أَيْنَ أَهْلُ الدَّارِ فَانْظُرْ
هَلْ تَرَى بِالدَّارِ أَهْلا

5. Many a beauty in clothes
Returns soiled and faded.

٥. رُبَّ حُسْنٍ فِي ثِيَابٍ
عَادَ غِسْلِيناً وَمُهْلا

6. And eyes that were black
Become blue at death.

٦. وَعُيُونٍ كُنَّ سُودَاً
صِرْنَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ شُهْلا

7. Every reveler will find
Shame and ruin in the land.

٧. سَوْفَ يَلْقَى كُلُّ بَاغٍ
فِي الْوَرَى خِزْيَاً وَبَهْلا

8. The world is but delusion,
It spared no child or elder.

٨. إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا غُرُورٌ
لَمْ تَدَعْ طِفْلاً وَكَهْلا

9. How many a wise one went astray in it
And gained ignorance through knowledge.

٩. كَمْ حَكِيمٍ ضَلَّ فِيهَا
فَاكْتَسَى بِالْعِلْمِ جَهْلا