الناسُ بِالأَقدارِ نالوا كُلَّ ما

الناسُ بِالأَقدارِ نالوا كُلَّ ما

رُزِقوا وَلَم يُعطَوا عَلى الأَقدارِ

رُزِقوا وَلَم يُعطَوا عَلى الأَقدارِ

By fate, people obtained all that

People attained all they were destined

they were allotted, not in proportion to their worth.

Not given beyond their destinies

وَالسِرُّ يُظهِرُهُ الفُؤادُ وَدونَهُ

وَالسِرُّ يُظهِرُهُ الفُؤادُ وَدونَهُ

سِترانِ مِن صَدرٍ لَهُ وَصِدارِ

سِترانِ مِن صَدرٍ لَهُ وَصِدارِ

And the heart reveals the secret, though before it stand

The heart reveals secrets, yet underneath

two veils: a chest enclosing it and a vest.

Are two covers, its chest and interior

وَالنَخلُ يُجنى حينَ يُرطِّبُ زَهوَه

وَالنَخلُ يُجنى حينَ يُرطِّبُ زَهوَه

وَالبَدرُ يُكسَفُ لَيلَةَ الإِبدارِ

وَالبَدرُ يُكسَفُ لَيلَةَ الإِبدارِ

And the date palm is harvested when it ripens its fruit,

Palm trees fruit when their blooms grow moist

and the full moon is eclipsed on the night of its fullness.

The moon eclipses on the night it wanes

كاسٍ لَهُ حُلَلٌ وَعارٍ مَن لَهُ

كاسٍ لَهُ حُلَلٌ وَعارٍ مَن لَهُ

لَو باتَ يَستُرُ شَخصَهُ بِجِدارِ

لَو باتَ يَستُرُ شَخصَهُ بِجِدارِ

A clothed man has robes; the naked—who is there for him,

A fault of his whose garb scantly hides him

even if he spends the night hiding his body behind a wall?

Though he spends the night behind a wall

لا يَيأَسَنَّ مِنَ الثَوابِ مُراقِبٌ

لا يَيأَسَنَّ مِنَ الثَوابِ مُراقِبٌ

لِلَّهِ في الإيرادِ وَالإِصدارِ

لِلَّهِ في الإيرادِ وَالإِصدارِ

Let none ever despair of reward who is mindful

Let no worshipper despair reward

of God in bringing in and sending out.

From God, in earning and dispensing

فَتَرى بَدائِعَ أَنبَأَت مُتَحَسِّساً

فَتَرى بَدائِعَ أَنبَأَت مُتَحَسِّساً

أَنَّ الجَزاءَ بِغَيرِ هَذي الدارِ

أَنَّ الجَزاءَ بِغَيرِ هَذي الدارِ

So you see marvels that have told an inquirer

You see wonders when you feel closely

that recompense lies in an abode other than this one.

Requital is not in this present world