1. إِنَّ ذا المَوتَ ما عَلَيهِ مُجيرُ

    يَهلِكُ المُستَجارُ وَالمُستَجيرُ

    Indeed, there is no protector against this death.

    The protector and the seeker of protection both perish.

  2. إِن تَكُن لَستَ خابِراً بِاللَيالي

    وَبِأَحداثِها فَإِنّي خَبيرُ

    If you are unfamiliar with the nights

    and their happenings, I am well acquainted.

  3. هُنَّ يُدنينَنا مِنَ المَوتِ قِدماً

    فَسَواءٌ صَغيرُنا وَالكَبيرُ

    They have long drawn us nearer to death;

    so our young and our old are alike.

  4. أَيُّها الطالِبُ الكَثيرَ لِيَغنى

    كُلُّ مَن يَطلُبُ الكَثيرَ فَقيرُ

    O you who seek abundance to become rich,

    everyone who seeks abundance is poor.

  5. وَأَقَلُّ القَليلِ يُغني وَيَكفي

    لَيسَ يُغني وَلَيسَ يَكفي الكَثيرُ

    And even the tiniest amount makes one rich and suffices;

    abundance neither makes one rich nor suffices.

  6. كَيفَ تَعمى عَنِ الهُدى كَيفَ تَعمى

    عَجَباً وَالهُدى سِراجٌ مُنيرُ

    How can you be blind to guidance? How can you be blind?

    How astonishing, when guidance is a shining lamp!

  7. قَد أَتاكَ الهُدى مِنَ اللَهِ نُصحاً

    وَبِهِ جاءَكَ البَشيرُ النَذيرُ

    Guidance has indeed come to you from God as sincere counsel,

    and the bearer of glad tidings, the warner, came to you with it.

  8. وَمَعَ اللَهِ أَنتَ ما دُمتَ حَيّاً

    وَإِلى اللَهِ بَعدَ ذاكَ تَصيرُ

    And you are with God as long as you live,

    and after that, to God you will go.

  9. وَالمَنايا رَوائِحٌ وَغَوادٍ

    كُلَّ يَومٍ لَها سَحابٌ مَطيرُ

    And death's visitations come at evening and at dawn;

    each day they have a rain-laden cloud.

  10. لا تَغُرَّنَّكَ العُيونُ فَكَم أَع

    مى تَراهُ وَإِنَّهو لَبَصيرُ

    Do not let eyes deceive you, for many a blind

    person you see is truly clear-sighted.

  11. أَنا أَغنى العِبادِ ما كانَ لي كِن

    نٌ وَما كانَ لي مَعاشٌ يَسيرُ

    I am the richest of people, so long as I have shelter,

    and so long as I have a modest livelihood.