لِمَن يا أَيُّها المَغرورُ تَحوي

لِمَن يا أَيُّها المَغرورُ تَحوي

مِنَ المالِ المُوَفَّرِ وَالأَثاثِ

مِنَ المالِ المُوَفَّرِ وَالأَثاثِ

For whom, O deluded one, do you amass

For whom, O deluded one, do you hoard

abundant wealth and furnishings?

All this abundant wealth and furniture?

سَتَمضي غَيرَ مَحمودٍ فَريداً

سَتَمضي غَيرَ مَحمودٍ فَريداً

وَيَخلو بَعلُ عِرسِكَ بِالتُراثِ

وَيَخلو بَعلُ عِرسِكَ بِالتُراثِ

You will depart alone, unpraised,

Alone you shall pass away, unpraised

and your wife's husband will have the inheritance to himself.

While your wedding's master claims your heritage

وَيَخذُلُكَ الوَصِيُّ بِلا وَفاءٍ

وَيَخذُلُكَ الوَصِيُّ بِلا وَفاءٍ

وَلا إِصلاحِ أَمرٍ ذي اِلتِياثِ

وَلا إِصلاحِ أَمرٍ ذي اِلتِياثِ

And the executor will forsake you, without loyalty

Betrayed, forsaken by your faithless trustee

or putting right any tangled affair.

No order left for one of your descendants

لَقَد وَفَّرتَ وِزراً مَرَّ حيناً

لَقَد وَفَّرتَ وِزراً مَرَّ حيناً

يَسُدُّ عَلَيكَ سُبلَ الاِنبِعاثِ

يَسُدُّ عَلَيكَ سُبلَ الاِنبِعاثِ

Indeed, you have amassed a burden that passed for a time,

Indeed you have stored a burden, bitter once

blocking your paths to resurrection.

Blocking the roads to your resurrection

فَما لَكَ غَيرَ تَقوى اللَهِ حِرزٌ

فَما لَكَ غَيرَ تَقوى اللَهِ حِرزٌ

وَلا وزرٌ وَما لَكَ مِن غِياثِ

وَلا وزرٌ وَما لَكَ مِن غِياثِ

So you have no protection except fear of God,

Naught have you save piety as a defense

nor refuge, and you have no succor.

No aid, no succor shall come to your relief