قلْ للّذي غرَّهُ عِزُّ وساعدَهُ

قلْ للّذي غرَّهُ عِزُّ وساعدَهُ

فيما يحاولُهُ نقضٌ وإمرارُ

فيما يحاولُهُ نقضٌ وإمرارُ

Tell him whom power has beguiled and who has been aided

Say to him whom pride and power beguiled,

in his endeavors by untying and tightening:

In all he seeks to undo or build—

لا تفتخِرْ بغنى أُمطيِتَ كاهلَهُ

لا تفتخِرْ بغنى أُمطيِتَ كاهلَهُ

فإنَّ أصلَكَ يا فخَّارُ فَخّارُ

فإنَّ أصلَكَ يا فخَّارُ فَخّارُ

Do not boast of wealth upon whose back you were mounted;

Do not exult in riches newly piled,

for your origin, O braggart, is baked clay.

Thy nature is but base and vile.

هَذا ولكِنْ من العُذّارِ يا نُفُهُ

هَذا ولكِنْ من العُذّارِ يا نُفُهُ

يكونُ وهْوَ معَ الإقبالِ إدبارُ

يكونُ وهْوَ معَ الإقبالِ إدبارُ

This—but among those who excuse, O [unclear word],

So 'tis with thee; when Fortune smiles,

there is decline, though it accompanies prosperity.

Remember—for she frowns the while.