تَمَتَّع بِمالِكَ قَبلَ المَماتِ
وَإِلّا فَلا مالَ إِن أَنتَ متّا
Enjoy your wealth before death;
otherwise, it is no wealth of yours once you die.
شقيتَ بِهِ ثمَّ خَلَّفتَهُ
لِغَيرِكَ بُعداً وَسُحقاً وَمَقتا
You toiled miserably for it, then left it behind
to someone else—banishment, perdition, and loathing!
فَجادوا عَلَيكَ بِزورِ البُكا
وَجُدتَ عَلَيهِم بِما قَد جَمَعتا
They lavished false tears upon you,
while you lavished on them all that you had amassed.
وَأَوهَبتَهُم كُلَّ ما في يَدَيك
وَخَلّوكَ رَهناً بِما قَد كَسَبتا
You bestowed on them everything your hands possessed,
and they left you hostage to what you had earned.
Sol 5.6