تَمَتّعْ مِنَ الدُّنيا فإنّكَ فاني

وإنّكَ في أَيْدي الحوادِثِ عاني

Enjoy life, for you are mortal

And you are afflicted by the hands of fate

ولا تُنْظِرَنَّ اليومَ لَهْواً إلى غَدٍ

ومَنء لِغَدٍ مِنْ حادِثٍ بأمَانِ

Do not put off today out of frivolity until tomorrow

And who can guarantee tomorrow will be safe from calamity?

فإنِّي رأَيْتُ الدَّهْرَ يُسْرِعُ بالفتى

وينقلُهُ حالينِ يَخْتَلفانِ

For I have seen time hasten with the youth

And move him through two differing states

فأمّا الذي يَمضي فأحلامُ نائمٍ

وأمّا الذي يَبْقَى لَهُ فأماني

As for what has passed, it is the dreams of a sleeper

And as for what remains, they are merely hopes