يَاO جَامِعَgatherer of المَالِwealth تَوَقَّعْanticipate لهُfor it
يَا جَامِعَ المَالِ تَوَقَّعْ لهُ
مَاnot جَمَّعَaccumulated الدُّمّلthe boil إلاَّexcept انفَجَرْit burst
مَا جَمَّعَ الدُّمّل إلاَّ انفَجَرْ
O hoarder of wealth, anticipate its fate:
Oh you who hoards wealth, expect for it
No boil gathers pus without bursting.
What the inflated only bursts forth
كَمْhow often يَعِظُadmonishes الدَّهْرُTime وَأَنتَand yet you امرُؤٌa man
كَمْ يَعِظُ الدَّهْرُ وَأَنتَ امرُؤٌ
قَلبُكَyour heart فيin قَسْوَتهِits hardness كالحَجَرْlike stone
قَلبُكَ في قَسْوَتهِ كالحَجَرْ
How often Time admonishes, yet you are a man
How the times caution though you are but a man
Whose heart, in its hardness, is like stone.
Your heart in its harshness is as stone
Sol 6.1