أَلا كُلُّ مَولودٍ فَلِلمَوتِ يولَدُ

وَلَستُ أَرى حَياً لِشَيءٍ يُخَلَّدُ

Alas! Every being that is born is destined to die

And I see no everlasting life for anything

تَجَرَّد مِنَ الدُنيا فَإِنَّكَ إِنَّما

سَقَطتَ إِلى الدُنيا وَأَنتَ مُجَرَّدُ

Free yourself from this world, for you

Fell into this world naked and bare

وَأَفضَلُ شَيءٍ نِلتَ مِنها فَإِنَّهُ

مَتاعٌ قَليلٌ يَضمَحِلُّ وَيَنفَدُ

And the best thing you can get from it

Is a little possession that fades and runs out

وَكَم مِن عَزيزٍ أَذهَبَ الدَهرُ عِزَّهُ

فَأَصبَحَ مَرحوماً وَقَد كانَ يُحسَدُ

And how many honored ones did time make lose their honor

And they became pitied though they were envied

فَلا تَحمَدِ الدُنيا وَلَكِن فَذُمَّها

وَما بالُ شَيءٍ ذَمَّهُ اللَهُ يُحمَدُ

So do not praise this life, but dispraise it

Why praise something God dispraised