هَوِّن عَلَيكَ العَيشَ صَفحاً يَهُن

هَوِّن عَلَيكَ العَيشَ صَفحاً يَهُن

لَقَلَّما سَكَّنتَ إِلّا سَكَن

لَقَلَّما سَكَّنتَ إِلّا سَكَن

Make life easy on yourself through forbearance, and it will grow easy.

Make life easy on yourself, live graciously, it calms

Rarely indeed have you soothed it without its growing calm.

Rarely have you settled except for peace

إِقبَل مِنَ العَيشِ تَصاريفَهُ

إِقبَل مِنَ العَيشِ تَصاريفَهُ

وَارضَ بِهِ إِن لانَ أَو إِن خَشُن

وَارضَ بِهِ إِن لانَ أَو إِن خَشُن

Accept life's changing fortunes,

Accept life's ups and downs

and be content with it, whether gentle or harsh.

Be content with it whether smooth or rough

كَم لَذَّةٍ في ساعَةٍ نِلتَها

كَم لَذَّةٍ في ساعَةٍ نِلتَها

كانَت فَوَلَّت فَكَأَن لَم تَكُن

كانَت فَوَلَّت فَكَأَن لَم تَكُن

Many a pleasure you attained in an hour

How much pleasure in an hour you attained

was there, then passed away, as though it had never been.

It passed as though it had never been

صُن كُلَّ ما شِئتَ فَإِنَّ البِلى

صُن كُلَّ ما شِئتَ فَإِنَّ البِلى

يَمضي بِما صُنتَ وَما لَم تَصُن

يَمضي بِما صُنتَ وَما لَم تَصُن

Preserve all you wish, for decay

Guard whatever you want, for decay

carries off what you preserved and what you did not.

Proceeds with what you guarded and didn't guard

تَأمَنُ وَالأَيّامُ خُوّانَةٌ

تَأمَنُ وَالأَيّامُ خُوّانَةٌ

لَم نَرَ يَوماً واحِداً لَم يَخُن

لَم نَرَ يَوماً واحِداً لَم يَخُن

You feel safe, though the days are treacherous;

You feel safe though days betray

we have seen no single day that did not betray.

Never did we see a single day not betray