1. If a slave had treasures all over
the land, he wouldn't live in fear of poverty
١. لَو أَنَّ عَبداً لَهُ خَزائِنُ ما
في الأَرضِ ما عاشَ خَوفَ إِملاقِ
2. How strange we all deviate from
the path - each to his own path clinging
٢. يا عَجَباً كُلُّنا يَحيدُ عَنِ ال
حَينِ وَكُلٌّ لِحَينِهِ لاقِ
3. As if a living man stood mourning
his friend, while death sneakily
٣. كَأَنَّ حَيّاً قَد قامَ نادِبُهُ
وَاِلتَفَّتِ الساقُ مِنهُ بِالساقِ
4. drew the life from him, and it was said: who detects?
٤. وَاِستَلَّ مِنهُ حَياتَهُ مَلَكُ ال
مَوتِ خَفِيّاً وَقيلَ مَن راقِ