Sol 6.1

  1. أَمّا بُيوتُكَ في الدُنيا فَواسِعَةٌ

    فَلَيتَ قَبرَكَ بَعدَ المَوتِ يَتَّسِعُ

    As for your houses in this world, they are spacious;

    Would that your grave were spacious after death!

  2. وَلَيتَ ما جَمَعَت كَفّاكَ مِن نَشبٍ

    يُنجيكَ مِن هَولِ ما إِن أَنتَ مُطَّلِعُ

    And would that the wealth your two hands have gathered

    Could save you from the terror of what you will behold.

  3. أَيَفرَحُ الناسُ بِالدُنيا وَقَد عَلِموا

    أَنَّ المَنازِلَ في لَذّاتِنا قَلَعُ

    Do people rejoice in this world, though they know

    That the dwellings amid our pleasures are impermanent?

  4. مَن كانَ مُغتَبِطاً فيها بِمَنزِلَةٍ

    فَإِنَّهُ لِسِواها سَوفَ يَنتَجِعُ

    Whoever is content with a station in it

    Will surely seek fresh pasture elsewhere.

  5. وَكُلُّ ناصِرِ دُنيا سَوفَ تَخذُلُهُ

    وَكُلُّ حَبلٍ عَلَيها سَوفَ يَنقَطِعُ

    And every champion of this world will be forsaken by it,

    And every cord tied to it will break.

  6. ما لي أَرى الناسَ لا تَسلوا ضَغاأُنَهُم

    وَلا قُلوبُهُمُ في اللَهِ تَجتَمِعُ

    Why do I see that people's grudges never subside,

    And their hearts never unite for God's sake?

  7. إِذا رَأَيتَ لَهُم جَمعاً تُسَرُّ بِهِ

    فَإِنَّهُم حينَ تَبلو شَأنَهُم شِيَعُ

    When you see a gathering of theirs that delights you,

    Yet when you examine their affairs, they are factions.

  8. يا جامِعَ المالِ في الدُنيا لِوارِثِهِ

    هَل أَنتَ بِالمالِ بَعدَ المَوتِ تَنتَفِعُ

    O gatherer of wealth in this world for its inheritor,

    Will you benefit from wealth after death?

  9. لا تُمسِكِ المالَ وَاِستَرضِ الإِلَهَ بِهِ

    فَإِنَّ حَسبَكَ مِنهُ الرَيُّ وَالشَبَعُ

    Do not hoard wealth, but seek God's favor with it,

    For all you need from it is to quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger.