1. تُريبُ وَسَوفَ يَفتَرِقُ التَريبُ

    حَوانا وَالثَرى نَسَبٌ قَريبُ

    You raise doubts, and the companion will depart.

    Close kinship binds us and the dust.

  2. جَرى بِفِراقِ جيرَتِنا غُرابٌ

    فُعالٌ مِن مَقالَتِهِم غَريبُ

    A raven sped, heralding our neighbors’ parting—

    A strange deed, according to what they say.

  3. غَدا يَتَوَكَّفُ الأَخبارَ غِرٌّ

    وَصاحَ بِبَنِهِم داعٍ أَريبُ

    A gullible man began awaiting the news,

    And a shrewd herald cried out their parting.

  4. طِعانٌ كُلَّ حينٍ أَو ضِرابٌ

    يَموتُ بِها طَعينٌ أَو ضَريبُ

    Spear-thrusts at every moment, or sword-blows;

    By these a man dies, pierced or struck.

  5. وَأَرضٌ لا تَحُسُّ بِمَن عَلَيها

    وَلا يَبقى بِها مِنهُم عَريبُ

    And earth has no sense of those upon it,

    And not a soul of them remains upon it.

  6. وَأَشباحٌ يُخالِطُهُنَّ غَدرٌ

    فَما يَرعى الأَكيلُ وَلا الشَريبُ

    And bodies in which treachery mingles:

    So neither tablemate nor drinking companion keeps faith.

  7. إِذا كانَ الثَراءُ إِلى زَوالٍ

    فَكُلُّ مُمَوِّلٍ مِنّا حَريبُ

    If wealth is bound to pass away,

    Then every wealthy man among us is despoiled.