إِن قَدَّرَ اللَهُ أَمراً كانَ مَفعولا

وَكَيفَ نَجهَلُ أَمراً لَيسَ مَجهولا

If Allah decrees a matter, it is made so,

How can we be ignorant of what is not unknown?

إِنّا لَنَعلَمُ أَنّا لاحِقونَ بِمَن

وَلّى وَلَكِنَّ في آمالِنا طولا

We surely know that we will follow those who have gone before,

Who have passed away, though in our hopes we live long.

ضَمِنتُ لِلطالِبِ الدُنيا وَزينَتَها

أَلّا يَزالَ بِها ما عاشَ مَشغولا

I guaranteed the seeker of this life and its adornments,

That he will remain busy with it as long as he lives.

يا رَبُّ مَن كانَ مُغتَرّاً بِناصِرِهِ

أَمسى وَأَصبَحَ في الأَجداثِ مَجدولا

O Lord, whoever is deceived by his victoriousness,

Finds himself in the mornings and evenings rolled in the dust.

وَرُبَّ مُغتَبِطٍ بِالمالِ يَأكُلُهُ

يَوماً وَيَشرَبُهُ إِذ صارَ مَأكولا

And many rejoice in wealth they consume,

One day eating it, the next drinking it, when it becomes consumable.

ما زالَ يَبكي عَلى المَوتى وَيَنقُلُهُم

حَتّى رَأَيناهُ مَبكِيّاً وَمَنقولا

He kept crying over the dead and carrying them,

Until we saw him crying and being carried.