Sol 6.1

  1. سَكَنٌ يَبقى لَهُ سَكَنُ

    ما بِهَذا يُؤذِنُ الزَمَنُ

    A dweller whose dwelling endures?

    Time gives no sign of such a thing.

  2. نَحنُ في دارٍ يُخَبِّرُنا

    عَن بِلاها ناطِقٌ لَسِنُ

    We are in an abode where we are told

    Of its decay by an eloquent speaker.

  3. دارُ سَوءٍ لَم يَدُم فَرَحٌ

    لِامرِئٍ فيها وَلا حَزَنُ

    An abode of ill: no joy has endured

    For anyone within it, nor has sorrow.

  4. ما تَرى مِن أَهلِها أَحَداً

    لَم تَمِل فيها بِهِ الفِتَنُ

    You see none of its inhabitants

    Whom trials have not swayed within it.

  5. عَجَباً مِن مَعشَرٍ سَلَفوا

    أَيَّ غَبنٍ بَيِّنٍ غُبِنوا

    What a wonder, those people who went before!

    What a glaring loss they suffered!

  6. وَفَّروا الدُنيا لِغَيرِهِمُ

    وَابتَنَوا فيها وَما سَكَنوا

    They amassed worldly riches for others,

    And built in it, yet did not dwell there.

  7. تَرَكوها بَعدَما اشتَبَكَت

    بَينَهُم في حُبِّها الإِحَنُ

    They left it after becoming entangled

    In grudges among themselves through love of it.

  8. كُلُّ حَيٍّ عِندَ ميتَتِهِ

    حَظُّهُ مِن مالِهِ الكَفَنُ

    Every living being, at his death,

    Has the shroud as his share of his wealth.

  9. إِنَّ مالَ المَرءِ لَيسَ لَهُ

    مِنهُ إِلّا ذِكرُهُ الحَسَنُ

    Indeed, as for a man's wealth, he has nothing

    Of it but his good name.

  10. ما لَهُ مِمّا يُخَلِّفُهُ

    بَعدُ إِلّا فِعلُهُ الحَسَنُ

    He has nothing of what he leaves behind

    Afterward, save the good he has done.

  11. في سَبيلِ اللَهِ أَنفُسُنا

    كُلُّنا بِالمَوتِ مُرتَهَنُ

    Our souls are for God's cause;

    All of us are held in pledge by death.