يا من يخلّف للوراث ما جمعا

يا من يخلّف للوراث ما جمعا

كأنه بكتاب الله ما سمعا

كأنه بكتاب الله ما سمعا

O one who leaves the heirs what he has amassed,

O you who leaves wealth as inheritance to heirs

as though he had never heard of God's Book!

As if you have never heard God's book

كم موضع في كتاب الله قال كلوا

كم موضع في كتاب الله قال كلوا

ثم اشربوا لم يقل دع ما كسبت معا

ثم اشربوا لم يقل دع ما كسبت معا

In many a passage of God's Book He said, 'Eat,

How many verses in God's book say "Eat!"

then drink'—He did not say, 'Leave all you have earned.'

Then "Drink!" - Never "Leave what you earned altogether"

يا من يقتر إنفاقا ويذخر ما

يا من يقتر إنفاقا ويذخر ما

يؤتى به ويرى إمساكه طمعا

يؤتى به ويرى إمساكه طمعا

O one who stints in spending and hoards what

O you who is miserly in spending and hoards what

is brought to him, and, out of greed, thinks it should be kept!

Will be taken away, seeing your stinginess as prudent

هل أطمعتك الأماني أن تعيش غدا

هل أطمعتك الأماني أن تعيش غدا

أم هل سمعت أمرأ فيما مضى سمعا

أم هل سمعت أمرأ فيما مضى سمعا

Have wishful hopes made you expect to live tomorrow?

Have vain hopes made you think you'll live forever?

Or have you heard a man in times past who had heard

Or have you heard of any man who lived forever?

بأن خلقا بقي حتى تؤمّل أن

بأن خلقا بقي حتى تؤمّل أن

تبقى على الدهر أو خلق مضى رجعا

تبقى على الدهر أو خلق مضى رجعا

that any creature lived on, that you should hope to

No being remains until you hope to

endure for all time—or that a creature that passed away returned?

Stay forever, nor does one who passed return