كُلُّ اِمرُؤٍ يُضحي مَرِيّا

كُلُّ اِمرُؤٍ يُضحي مَرِيّا

وَالدَهرُ لا يُبقي سَريّا

وَالدَهرُ لا يُبقي سَريّا

Every man becomes a palatable morsel,

Every man makes sacrifices

and Time spares no noble man.

And time spares no secrets

فَتَرَوَّ مِن هَذي الحَيا

فَتَرَوَّ مِن هَذي الحَيا

ةِ لِكَي تَموتَ النَفسُ رَيّا

ةِ لِكَي تَموتَ النَفسُ رَيّا

So drink your fill of this life,

So enjoy this life

that the soul may die with its thirst quenched.

That your soul may die moistened

ما لِلثُرَيّا قيمَةٌ

ما لِلثُرَيّا قيمَةٌ

عِندَ الَّذي خَلَقَ الثُرَيّا

عِندَ الَّذي خَلَقَ الثُرَيّا

The Pleiades have no worth

Wealth has no value

before the One who created the Pleiades.

To Him who created wealth

صارَ الأَميرُ أَبا مَريّ

صارَ الأَميرُ أَبا مَريّ

ثُمَّ أَورَثَها مُرَيّا

ثُمَّ أَورَثَها مُرَيّا

The prince became Abu Mariyy,

The prince became heir

then bequeathed it to Murayy.

Then he inherited ruins

وَالحَيُّ لِلنَكباتِ يَس

وَالحَيُّ لِلنَكباتِ يَس

تَقري وَيَرجِعُ لِلقَرِيّا

تَقري وَيَرجِعُ لِلقَرِيّا

And the living man seeks hospitality from calamities,

The living settle for calamities

and returns to the bird’s crop.

And return to ruins

ما عَريتُ مِمّا يَخا

ما عَريتُ مِمّا يَخا

فُ عَمايَتانِ وَلا عُرِيّا

فُ عَمايَتانِ وَلا عُرِيّا

I was not free of what is feared

I have never been bare of that which would

by ʿAmāyatān, nor by ʿUriyyā.

Disfigure my blindness or my nakedness