نَومُ اِمرئٍ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِن يِقَظَة

نَومُ اِمرئٍ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِن يِقَظَة

لَم يَرُضَ فيها الكاتِبينَ الحَفَظَه

لَم يَرُضَ فيها الكاتِبينَ الحَفَظَه

A person's sleep is better for him than wakefulness

A man's sleep is better for him than wakefulness

A man's sleep is better for him than a wakefulness

in which he has not pleased the recording guardians.

In which he does not please the two recorders of his actions

In which he fails to please the Guardian Scribes,

وَفي صُروفِ الدَهرِ لِلمَرءِ عِظَه

وَفي صُروفِ الدَهرِ لِلمَرءِ عِظَه

And in the vicissitudes of time there is a lesson for a person.

And in the vicissitudes of time there is a lesson for man

And in the vicissitudes of time lies an admonition for man.