اِعمَلwork لِأَخراكَfor your hereafter شَروىlike مَنone who يَموتُdies غَداًtomorrow
اِعمَل لِأَخراكَ شَروى مَن يَموتُ غَداً
وَاِدأَبand toil steadily لِدُنياكَfor your worldly life فِعلَin the manner of الغابِرِone who lives on الباقيthe enduring
وَاِدأَب لِدُنياكَ فِعلَ الغابِرِ الباقي
Work for your hereafter like one who will die tomorrow.
And toil for your worldly life like one who lives on and endures.
إِنَّindeed البَهائِمَthe beasts مِثلَlike الإِنسِhumankind غافِلَةٌheedless
إِنَّ البَهائِمَ مِثلَ الإِنسِ غافِلَةٌ
وَإِنَّماand only نَحنُwe بُهمٌbeasts ذاتُhaving أَرباقِhalters
وَإِنَّما نَحنُ بُهمٌ ذاتُ أَرباقِ
Indeed, beasts are heedless, just like humankind.
And we are nothing but beasts with halters.
وَأَمُّand a mother of شِبلَينِtwo lion cubs فيin غَيلٍa thicket وَمَأسَدَةٍand a haunt of lions
وَأَمُّ شِبلَينِ في غَيلٍ وَمَأسَدَةٍ
كَأُمِّlike a mother of خِشفَينِtwo gazelle fawns فيamong شَتٍّshatt shrubs وَطُبّاقِand tubbaq shrubs
كَأُمِّ خِشفَينِ في شَتٍّ وَطُبّاقِ
And a mother of two lion cubs in a thicket and a haunt of lions
Is like a mother of two gazelle fawns among shatt and tubbaq shrubs.
وَالمَرءُand man يَسبُقُraces ahead فيماin what لَيسَdoes not يُكسِبُهُbring him
وَالمَرءُ يَسبُقُ فيما لَيسَ يُكسِبُهُ
نَفَعاًany benefit وَلَيسَand is not إِلىtoward خَيرٍgood بِسبّاقِat all swift to race
نَفَعاً وَلَيسَ إِلى خَيرٍ بِسبّاقِ
And man races ahead in what does not bring him
Any benefit, yet is no swift racer toward good.
Sol 6.1