عَجِبتُ لِذي التَجاربِ كَيفَ يَسهو

عَجِبتُ لِذي التَجاربِ كَيفَ يَسهو

وَيَتلو اللَهوَ بَعدَ الإِحتِباكِ

وَيَتلو اللَهوَ بَعدَ الإِحتِباكِ

I marvel at a man of experience—how he grows heedless,

I'm amazed at the one of many experiences, how he is forgetful

and pursues amusement after becoming entangled.

And pursues vain things after serious meditation

وَمُرتَهنُ الفَضائِحِ وَالخَطايا

وَمُرتَهنُ الفَضائِحِ وَالخَطايا

يُقَصِّرُ بِاِجتِهادٍ لِلفِكاكِ

يُقَصِّرُ بِاِجتِهادٍ لِلفِكاكِ

And one held captive by scandals and sins

And he is in bondage of disgraces and sins

falls short in striving to break free.

Seeking deliverance halfheartedly

وَموبِقُ نَفسِهِ كَسَلاً وَجَهَلاً

وَموبِقُ نَفسِهِ كَسَلاً وَجَهَلاً

وَمورِدُها مَخوفاتِ الهَلاكِ

وَمورِدُها مَخوفاتِ الهَلاكِ

And one who ruins his own soul through sloth and ignorance

Destroying himself intentionally out of laziness and ignorance

and leads it into the terrors of destruction,

And leading himself to feared perdition

بِتَجديدِ المَآثِمِ كُلَّ يَومٍ

بِتَجديدِ المَآثِمِ كُلَّ يَومٍ

وَقَصدٍ لِلمُحَرَّمِ بِاِنتِهاكِ

وَقَصدٍ لِلمُحَرَّمِ بِاِنتِهاكِ

by renewing sins every day

By repeating sins everyday

and by deliberately violating what is forbidden—

With intent upon the forbidden, violating it

سَيَعلَمُ حينَ تَفجُؤُهُ المَنايا

سَيَعلَمُ حينَ تَفجُؤُهُ المَنايا

وَيَكثُفُ حَولَهُ جَمعُ البَواكي

وَيَكثُفُ حَولَهُ جَمعُ البَواكي

he will know when death takes him by surprise

He will know when death suddenly surprises him

and the throng of weeping women thickens around him.

And multitudes of lamenters thicken around him