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I have not seen life being easy for anyone

ما رأيت العيش يصفو لأحد

1. I have not seen life being easy for anyone
Without toil, hardship and sadness

١. ما رَأَيتُ العَيشَ يَصفو لِأَحَد
دونَ كَدٍّ وَعَناءٍ وَنَكَد

2. Be appreciative of what you have been given
Do not delay today’s work until tomorrow

٢. كُن لِما قَدَّمتَهُ مُغتَنِماً
لاتُؤَخِّر عَمَلَ اليَومِ لِغَد

3. Death certainly has a killing arrow
No one can save anyone from it

٣. إِنَّ لِلمَوتِ لَسَهماً قاتِلاً
لَيسَ يَفدي أَحَداً مِنهُ أَحَد

4. I see that I will not stay in this world forever
Even if I lived eternally

٤. قَد أَرى أَن لَستُ في الدُنيا وَلَو
بَقِيَت لَي دائِماً طولَ الأَبَد

5. I will leave it tomorrow
Or you see me leaving the day after tomorrow

٥. إِنَّني مِنها غَداً مُرتَحِلٌ
أَو أَراني راحِلاً مِن بَعدِ غَد

6. I gather money for others steadily
And suffer making a living

٦. أَجمَعُ المالَ لِغَيري دائِباً
وَأُقاسي العَيشَ مِنهُ في كَبَد

7. Who is this money for that I gather?
Is it for myself or my family and children?

٧. لِمَنِ المالُ الَّذي أَجمَعُهُ
أَلِنَفسي أَم لِأَهلي وَالوَلَد

8. My children will not care about me when
They bury their father under the gravel

٨. ما يُبالي وَلَدي بَعدي إِذا
غَيَّبوا والِدَهُم تَحتَ اللِبَد

9. And get what he left behind, be it
Of a foolish past or sensible present

٩. وَأَصابوا ما لَهُ مِن بَعدِهِ
أَلِغَيٍّ قَد مَضى أَم لِرَشَد

10. Your world is just one day
So when your day turns away, it will not come back

١٠. إِنَّما دُنياكَ يَومٌ واحِدٌ
فَإِذا يَومُكَ وَلّى لَم يَعُد

11. O my God, You do whatever You wish
Nothing can stop what God has willed

١١. يَفعَلُ اللَهُ إِلَهي ما يَشا
ما لِأَمرِ اللَهِ فينا مِن مَرَد

12. He grants the fool a lot of sustenance
And you see the wise deprived and sad

١٢. يَرزُقُ الأَحمَقَ رِزقاً واسِعاً
وَتَرى ذا اللُبِّ مَحروماً نَكِد