قلْ لمن بالغَ في الفخرِ بما

قلْ لمن بالغَ في الفخرِ بما

قد حواه من حطامٍ قد تيسَّر

قد حواه من حطامٍ قد تيسَّر

Tell whoever boasts excessively of what

Say to the one who boasts excessively of what

he has amassed of paltry worldly goods that came readily:

He has amassed of worthless rubble made easy,

أنت فخَّارٌ بدنياكَ ولا

أنت فخَّارٌ بدنياكَ ولا

بدَّ للفخَّار من أن يتكسَّر

بدَّ للفخَّار من أن يتكسَّر

You are a boaster of your worldly wealth—earthenware—and there is no

"You are a potter and your world is your clay,

escape for earthenware from shattering.

And pots must shatter, it's the potter's way."