أَودى السُرورُ بِدارٍ كُلُّها حَزَنُ

أَودى السُرورُ بِدارٍ كُلُّها حَزَنُ

فَلا تُبالِ عَلى ما صابَتِ المُزُنُ

فَلا تُبالِ عَلى ما صابَتِ المُزُنُ

Joy has perished in a dwelling that is all sorrow;

Joy has departed from a home filled with sorrow

So care not what the rain clouds have poured down.

So do not fret over misfortunes of the sad

قَد غُلِّبَ المينُ حَتّى الصِدقُ مُستَتِرٌ

قَد غُلِّبَ المينُ حَتّى الصِدقُ مُستَتِرٌ

وَغُيِّبَ الرَشَدُ حَتّى خَفَّتِ الرُزُنُ

وَغُيِّبَ الرَشَدُ حَتّى خَفَّتِ الرُزُنُ

Falsehood has been made to prevail, till truth lies hidden;

Sincerity has been defeated until truth hides

And sound judgment has been banished, till the weighty have grown light.

Wisdom has vanished until insight fades

مَن لَم يَكُن خازِناً لِلمالِ مِن بُخُلٍ

مَن لَم يَكُن خازِناً لِلمالِ مِن بُخُلٍ

فَلا يُخافُ عَلى نَحضٍ لَهُ خَزَنُ

فَلا يُخافُ عَلى نَحضٍ لَهُ خَزَنُ

Whoever does not hoard wealth out of stinginess,

He who does not hoard wealth stingily

then no decay need be feared for any flesh of his.

Need not fear for possessions he stores

أَكَذَّبَ القَومُ بِالميزانِ أَن سَمِعوا

أَكَذَّبَ القَومُ بِالميزانِ أَن سَمِعوا

أَنَّ القِيامَةَ فيها عادِلٌ يَزِنُ

أَنَّ القِيامَةَ فيها عادِلٌ يَزِنُ

Did the people disbelieve in the scales because they heard

The people denied the scale when they heard

that at the Resurrection one who is just will weigh?

That the Day of Judgment has a just weigher

وَقَد وَجَدنا مَقالَ الناسِ ذا زِنَةٍ

وَقَد وَجَدنا مَقالَ الناسِ ذا زِنَةٍ

فَكَيفَ يُنكَرُ أَنَّ الفِعلَ يَتَّزِنُ

فَكَيفَ يُنكَرُ أَنَّ الفِعلَ يَتَّزِنُ

And indeed we have found people's speech to have weight;

And we find people's words have weight

So how can it be denied that deeds are weighed?

So how can acts' weighing be denied?