أَيا لا هِياً في القَصرِ قُربَ المَقابِرِ

يرىكُلَّ يَومٍ وارِداً غَيرَ صادِرِ

O you who are heedless in the palace near the graves

Seen every day entering but never leaving

كَأَنَّكَ قَد أَيقَنتَ أَن لَستَ صائِراً

غَداً بَينَهُم في بَعضِ تِلكَ الحَفائِرِ

As if you were certain you would not depart

Tomorrow among them in one of those burial pits

تَراهُم فَتَلهو بِالشَرابِ وَبَعضِ ما

تَلَذُّ بِهِ مِن نَقرِ تِلكَ المَزاهِرِ

You watch them drinking wine and plucking

The pleasures of those blossoms

وَما أَنتَ بِالمَغبونِ عَقلاً وَلا حِجىً

وَلا بِقَليلِ العَلمِ عِندَ التَخابُرِ

You are not lacking in reason or wisdom

Nor in knowledge when conversing

وَفي ذاكَ ما أَغناكَ عَن كُلِّ واعِظٍ

شَفيقٍ وَما أَغناكَ عَن كُلِّ زاجِرِ

And yet that did not avail you against any caring adviser

Nor against any deterring warner

وَكَم نِعمَةٍ يَعصي بِها العَبدُ رَبَّهُ

وَبَلوى عَدَتهُ عَن رُكوبِ الكَبائِرِ

How many favors does man disobey his Lord with

And tribulations befall him from committing grave sins

سَتَرحَلُ عَن هَذا وَإِنَّكَ قادِمٌ

وَما أَنتَ في شَكٍّ عَلى غَيرِ عاذِرِ

You will depart this world though you are just arriving

And you have no doubt or excuse