يا مَنْ تبجَّحَ بالدُّنيا وزُخرُفِها

يا مَنْ تبجَّحَ بالدُّنيا وزُخرُفِها

طُنْ من صُروفِ لياليها على حَذَرِ

طُنْ من صُروفِ لياليها على حَذَرِ

O you who boast of this world and its glitter,

O you who boast of this world and its splendor

Be on your guard against the vicissitudes of its nights.

Beware the turns of its nights in their caprice

ولا يَغُرُّكَ عَيشٌ إن صَفا وعَفا

ولا يَغُرُّكَ عَيشٌ إن صَفا وعَفا

فالَمرءُ من غَرَرِ الأيّامِ في غَرَرِ

فالَمرءُ من غَرَرِ الأيّامِ في غَرَرِ

And let no life deceive you, even if it is serene and abundant;

Let not an easy life deceive you should it be pure and spare

For man is in peril from the deceits of the days.

For man is ever amid the world's guiles in guile

إنَّ الزَّمانَ كما جَرَّبْتَ خِلقَتَهُ

إنَّ الزَّمانَ كما جَرَّبْتَ خِلقَتَهُ

مُقَسَّمُ الأمرِ بين الصَّفْوِ والكَدَرِ

مُقَسَّمُ الأمرِ بين الصَّفْوِ والكَدَرِ

Indeed, time—as you have experienced its nature—

Time is, as you have seen, of a nature

Is divided in its affairs between clarity and murk.

Divided between joy and misery