إِذا جَدَّدَ اللَهُ لي نِعمَةً

شَكَرتُ وَلَم يَرَني جاحِدا

When God renews a blessing for me

I give thanks, and am not seen as ungrateful,

وَلَم يَزَلِ اللَهُ بِالعائِداتِ

عَلى مَن يَجودُ بِها عائِدا

And God does not cease to return

To one who gives generously.

أَيا جامِعَ المالِ وَفَّرتَهُ

لِغَيرِكَ إِذ لَم تَكُن خالِدا

O you who hoards wealth and buried it

For other than you, since you will not last,

فَإِن قُلتَ أَجمَعُهُ لِلبَنينَ

فَقَد يَسبِقُ الوَلَدُ الوالِدا

If you say "I hoard it for my sons"

The son may precede the father in death.

وَإِن قُلتَ أَخشى صُروفَ الزَمانِ

فَكُن في تَصاريفِهِ واحِدا

And if you say "I fear the vicissitudes of fate"

Then be as one with its twists and turns.