سرورُكَ بالدنيا غرورٌ فلا تكن

سرورُكَ بالدنيا غرورٌ فلا تكن

بدُنياك مسروراً فتصبحَ مغرورا

بدُنياك مسروراً فتصبحَ مغرورا

Your joy in this world is delusion, so do not be

Your joy with this world is an illusion, so do not

delighted with your worldly life, lest you become deluded.

Be joyful with your world, lest you become deluded.

ولا تأمنِ الأحداثَ واخشَ بَيَاتها

ولا تأمنِ الأحداثَ واخشَ بَيَاتها

فكم نسفت دوراً وكم كسفت نوراً

فكم نسفت دوراً وكم كسفت نوراً

And do not feel safe from calamities; fear their onslaught by night.

Do not feel safe from events, but fear their calamities,

For they have razed so many homes and eclipsed so much light.

For how many homes have they destroyed and how many lights extinguished.

وأخسرُ أهلِ الأرضِ من عاشَ غافلاً

وأخسرُ أهلِ الأرضِ من عاشَ غافلاً

فلم يحيَ مشكوراً ولم يفنَ معذوراً

فلم يحيَ مشكوراً ولم يفنَ معذوراً

And the greatest loser among earth’s people is one who lived heedlessly,

And the most lost of all people is he who lived heedlessly,

and thus lived unpraised and died unexcused.

For he did not live thanked, nor did he die excused.