تُخَيِّمُ يا اِبنَ آدَمَ في اِرتِحالٍ

تُخَيِّمُ يا اِبنَ آدَمَ في اِرتِحالٍ

وَتَرقُدُ في ذَراكَ وَأَنتَ ساري

وَتَرقُدُ في ذَراكَ وَأَنتَ ساري

You pitch camp, O son of Adam, while journeying;

O son of Adam, you settle down during travels,

And sleep in your shelter while traveling by night.

And you sleep in your abode while still wandering,

وَيَأمُلُ ساكِنُ الدُنيا رَباحاً

وَيَأمُلُ ساكِنُ الدُنيا رَباحاً

وَلَيسَ الحَيُّ إِلّا في خَسارِ

وَلَيسَ الحَيُّ إِلّا في خَسارِ

And the dweller in this world hopes for profit,

And the dweller of this world hopes for profits,

Yet the living suffer nothing but loss.

Yet there is no profit except in loss,

غَدا العُميانُ في شَرقٍ وَغَربٍ

غَدا العُميانُ في شَرقٍ وَغَربٍ

يَعُدّونَ العِصيّ مِنَ اليَسارِ

يَعُدّونَ العِصيّ مِنَ اليَسارِ

The blind, in east and west, have come

Tomorrow the blind in East and West

To count their staffs as wealth:

Will count their staffs from the left,

قُنِيُّ فَوارِسٍ ما كانَ مِنهُم

قُنِيُّ فَوارِسٍ ما كانَ مِنهُم

فَوارِسُ رَحرَحانَ وَلا النِسارِ

فَوارِسُ رَحرَحانَ وَلا النِسارِ

Lances of horsemen whose ranks included neither

There were no expert knights among them,

The horsemen of Rahrahan nor those of al-Nisar.

Knights of the battlefield, or the racecourse.