يا رُبَّ مالٍ لِغَيرِ مَن جَمَعَه

يا رُبَّ مالٍ لِغَيرِ مَن جَمَعَه

وَرُبَّ زَرعٍ لِغَيرِ مَن زَرَعَه

وَرُبَّ زَرعٍ لِغَيرِ مَن زَرَعَه

Ah, many a fortune belongs to someone other than the one who amassed it;

O Lord, wealth for someone other than its accumulator,

and many a crop belongs to someone other than the one who sowed it.

And crops for someone other than its planter.

لَيسَ مَعَ البُخل لِلبَخيلِ غِنىً

لَيسَ مَعَ البُخل لِلبَخيلِ غِنىً

وَلا مَعَ الحِرصِ لِلحَريصِ دَعَه

وَلا مَعَ الحِرصِ لِلحَريصِ دَعَه

With miserliness, the miser has no wealth;

Stinginess does not enrich the stingy one,

nor, with greed, does the greedy person have ease.

Nor does greed satisfy the greedy.

فَكُن مَعَ القَصدِ حَيثُ مالَ بِكَ ال

فَكُن مَعَ القَصدِ حَيثُ مالَ بِكَ ال

عَقلُ إِلى القَصدِ فَالسَدادُ مَعَه

عَقلُ إِلى القَصدِ فَالسَدادُ مَعَه

So keep to moderation wherever you are led by the—

So be moderate wherever your mind leads you.

mind toward moderation, for right conduct accompanies it.

Moderation and integrity go hand in hand.

مَن صادَفَ الدَهرُ في تَصَرُّفِهِ

مَن صادَفَ الدَهرُ في تَصَرُّفِهِ

وَرامَ لِلجَهلِ خُدعَةً خَدَعَه

وَرامَ لِلجَهلِ خُدعَةً خَدَعَه

Whoever Time encounters in its changing course,

He who contends with fate in its ups and downs

and who seeks, in ignorance, to trick it—it tricks him.

And deceives ignorance will be deceived.