المَرءُ يَخدَعُهُ مُناهُ

المَرءُ يَخدَعُهُ مُناهُ

وَالدَهرُ يُسرِعُ في بَلاه

وَالدَهرُ يُسرِعُ في بَلاه

A man's hopes deceive him,

Man is deceived by his desires,

And time hastens his decay.

And time hastens his ruin.

يا ذا الغَوايَةِ لا تَكُن

يا ذا الغَوايَةِ لا تَكُن

مِمَّن تَعَبَّدَهُ هَواه

مِمَّن تَعَبَّدَهُ هَواه

O you who stray, do not be

O you who are led astray, do not be

One whom his desire has enslaved.

One whose passion enslaves him.

وَاعلَم بِأَنَّ المَرءَ مُر

وَاعلَم بِأَنَّ المَرءَ مُر

تَهَنٌ بِما كَسَبَت يَداه

تَهَنٌ بِما كَسَبَت يَداه

And know that man is held

Know that man will surely be disgraced

In pledge for what his hands have earned.

By what his hands have earned.

كَم مِن أَخٍ لَكَ لا تَرى

كَم مِن أَخٍ لَكَ لا تَرى

مُتَصَرِّفاً فيمَن تَراه

مُتَصَرِّفاً فيمَن تَراه

How many a brother of yours you do not see

How many a brother you do not see

Moving about among those you see.

Has power over who you see!

أَمسى قَريبُ الدارِ في ال

أَمسى قَريبُ الدارِ في ال

أَجداثِ قَد شَحِطَت نَواه

أَجداثِ قَد شَحِطَت نَواه

He whose home was near now lies in the

One who yesterday was your neighbor

Graves; far distant now is his abode.

Now lies under the earth covered over.

قَد كانَ مُغَرّاً بِيَو

قَد كانَ مُغَرّاً بِيَو

مِ وَفاتِهِ حَتّى أَتاه

مِ وَفاتِهِ حَتّى أَتاه

He had been deluded about the day

He was blinded by his days,

Of his death, until it came to him.

Until death came to him.

الناسُ في غَفَلاتِهِم

الناسُ في غَفَلاتِهِم

وَالمَوتُ دائِرَةٌ رَحاه

وَالمَوتُ دائِرَةٌ رَحاه

People are in their heedlessness,

People are heedless,

And death's millstone turns.

And death’s circling is their pasture.

فَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي

فَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي

يَبقى وَيَهلِكُ ما سِواه

يَبقى وَيَهلِكُ ما سِواه

So praise be to God, who

So praise be to God, who remains

Abides, while all besides Him perish.

While all else perishes.