1. How beautiful this life is and its prosperity,
When one obeys God and attains it.
١. ما أَحسَنَ الدُنيا وَإِقبالَها
إِذا أَطاعَ اللَهَ مَن نالَها
2. Whoever is not benevolent to people from his bounty,
Exposes its prosperity to decline.
٢. مَن لَم يُؤاسِ الناسَ مِن فَضلِهِ
عَرَّضَ لِلإِدبارِ إِقبالَها
3. It is as if we never saw its days,
Playing with people and their conditions.
٣. كَأَنَّنا لَم نَرَ أَيّامَها
تَلعَبُ بِالناسِ وَأَحوالَها
4. We become more deceived by it,
And God has made us recognize its state.
٤. إِنّا لَنَزدادُ اغتِراراً بِها
وَاللَهُ قَد عَرَّفَنا حالَها
5. We get angry for this life and become pleased with it,
As if we never saw its deeds.
٥. نَغضَبُ لِلدُنيا وَنَرضى لَها
كَأَنَّنا لَم نَرَ أَفعالَها