Sol 6.1

  1. كنْ من الدنيا على وَجَلِ

    وتَوَقَّعْ بَغْتةَ الأَجَل

    Be wary of this world,

    and expect death's sudden arrival.

  2. فعقول الناس لاهيَةٌ

    في الهوى والكسب والأمل

    For people's minds are distracted

    by desire, gain, and hope.

  3. يَجْرع الإنسانُ لذتَها

    وهْي مثلُ السمِّ في العسل

    A person gulps down its pleasure,

    though it is like poison in honey.

  4. أنت من دنياك في شُغُلٍ

    والمَنايا فيك في شُغُل

    You are busy with your world,

    while death is busy with you.

  5. كلُّ ما فيها يزول فلا

    فرقَ بين الهم والجَذَل

    All that is in it passes away, so there is no

    difference between sorrow and joy.

  6. يا مريضاً لم يجد أَلما

    أنت لو تدرِي أبو العِلل

    O ailing one who has felt no pain,

    you, if you but knew, are the father of ailments.

  7. يا بصيرا ليس يُبِصر ما

    فيه من عيبٍ ومن زَلل

    O sighted one who does not see what

    faults and failings lie within him:

  8. لو أَراك العقلُ أَيْسَرَه

    كدتَ أَنْ تفنى من الخجل

    If reason showed you the slightest of these,

    you would almost perish of shame.

  9. للهدى نورٌ يَدلُّ على

    آخرِ الأشياءِ بالأُوَل

    Guidance has a light that points to

    the ends of things through their beginnings.

  10. فابتدِرْ ما سوف تذكُره

    نادما ما دمتَ في مَهَل

    So hasten to what you will later recall

    with regret, while you still have time.

  11. ليس يُجدِى القولُ منفعةً

    حين تُبديه بلا عمل

    Speech yields no benefit

    when you utter it without action.

  12. وإذا ما الفهمُ عازَك لم

    تنتفع بالوعظ والعَذَل

    And if understanding eludes you, you will not

    benefit from admonition and reproach.