جَمَعتَ مِنَ الدُنيا وَحُزتَ وَمُنّيتا

وَما لَكَ إِلّا ما وَهَبتَ وَأَمضَيتا

You have amassed from this life and hoarded greedily,

Yet you have nothing left except what you gave away and used up.

وَما لَكَ مِمّا يَأكُلُ الناسُ غَيرُ ما

أَكَلتَ مِنَ المالِ الحَلالِ فَأَفنَيتا

Of all people eat, nothing's left for you

Except what you consumed of lawful property and finished off.

وَما لَكَ إِلّا كُلُّ شَيءٍ جَعَلتَهُ

أَمامَكَ لا شَيءٌ لِغَيرِكَ بَقَّيتا

For you is everything you put before you,

Nothing remains for others once you are gone.

وَما لَكَ مِمّا يَلبَسُ الناسُ غَيرَ ما

كَسَوتَ وَإِلّا ما لَبِستَ فَأَبلَيتا

Of all people wear, nothing's yours

Except what you clothed yourself in, and what you wore out.

وَما أَنتَ إِلّا في مَتاعٍ وَبُلغَةٍ

كَأَنَّكَ قَد فارَقتَها وَتَخَلَّيتا

You're left with belongings and merchandise

As if you've parted with them and cast them aside.

فَلا تَغبِطَنَّ الحَيَّ في طولِ عُمرِهِ

بِشَيءٍ تَرى إِلّا بِما تَغبِطُ المَيتا

So envy no living man for his long life

With something, unless you envy the dead.

أَلا أَيُّهَذا المُستَهينُ بِنَفسِهِ

أَراكَ وَقَد ضَيَّعتَها وَتَناسَيتا

O you who take life easy and light!

I see you have squandered it and forgotten.

إِذا ما غُبِنتَ الفَضلَ في الدينِ لَم تُبَل

وَإِن كانَ في الدُنيا قَطَبتَ وَبالَيتا

If you miss excellence in religion you are not chided,

Yet if you succeeded in life you rose and built up.

وَإِن كانَ شَيءٌ تَشتَهِهِ رَأَيتَهُ

وَإِن كانَ ما لا تَشتَهِهِ تَعامَيتا

What you desire you will attain,

What you don't, you turn a blind eye to.

لَهِجتَ بِأَنواعِ الأَباطيلِ غِرَّةً

وَأَدنَيتَ أَقواماً عَلَيها وَأَقصَيتا

You have babbled all kinds of nonsense boastfully

And have drawn some people to it, and distanced others.

وَجَمَّعتَ ما لا يَنبَغي لَكَ جَمعُهُ

وَقَصَّرتَ عَمّا يَنبَغي وَتَوانَيتا

You gathered what you should not gather,

And lagged in what you should have hastened to do.

وَصَغَّرتَ في الدُنيا مَساكِنَ أَهلِها

فَباهَيتَ فيها بِالبِناءِ وَعالَيتا

You belittled the dwellings of the people of this world,

Then vied in it with lofty buildings.

وَأَلقَيتَ جِلبابَ الحَيا عَنكَ ضِلَّةً

فَأَصبَحتَ مُختالاً فَخوراً وَأَمسَيتا

You threw off the cloak of modesty,

And strutted proud morning and night.

وَجاهَرتَ حَتّى لَم تَرِع عَن مُحَرَّمٍ

وَلَم تَقتَصِد فيما أَخَذتَ وَأَعطَيتا

You went public until you feared no taboo,

Nor moderated what you took and gave.

وَنافَستَ في الأَموالِ مِن غَيرِ حِلِّها

وَأَسرَفتَ في إِنفاقِها وَتَعَدَّيتا

You competed for riches unlawfully,

And were excessive in spending them.

وَأَجلَيتَ عَنكَ الغُمضَ في كُلِّ حيلَةٍ

تَلَطَّفتَ في الدُنيا بِها وَتَأَنَّيتا

You cast aside all pretense in your tricks -

You were gentle and careful in seeking gains.

تَمَنّى المُنى حَتّى إِذاما بَلَغتَها

سَمَوتَ إِلى ما فَوقَها فَتَمَنَّيتا

You harbored desires until when you attained them,

You aspired to what was beyond, ever desiring.

أَيا صاحِبَ الأَبياتِ قَد نُجِّدَت لَهُ

سَتُبدَلُ مِنها عاجِلاً غَيرَها بَيتا

O author of these verses - a new composition

Will soon replace them, changing verse by verse.

لَكَ الحَمدُ يا ذا المَنِّ شُكراً خَلَقتَنا

فَسَوَّيتَنا فيمَن خَلَقتَ وَسَوَّيتا

Praise be to You, O Lord of bounty - You created us

And proportioned us among those You have proportioned.

وَكَم مِن بَلايا نازِلاتٍ بِغَيرِنا

فَسَلَّمتَنا يا رَبِّ مِنها وَعافَيتا

How many afflictions have befallen others,

Yet You spared us from them and gave us well-being.

أَيا رَبِّ مِنّا الضَعفُ إِن لَم تُقَوِّنا

عَلى شُكرِ ما أَبلَيتَ مِنكَ وَأَولَيتا

O Lord, we are weak - unless You strengthen us

To thank You for Your blessing and favor towards us.

أَيا رَبِّ نَحنُ الفائِزونَ غَداً لَئِن

تَوَلَّيتَنا يا رَبِّ فيمَن تَوَلَّيتا

O Lord, we are the winners tomorrow if

You support us, O Lord, among those You have supported.

أَيا مَن هُوَ المَعروفُ مِن غَيرِ رُؤيَةٍ

تَبارَكتَ يا مَن لا يُرى وَتَعالَيتا

O You Who are known without being seen,

Blessed are You, O Unseen One, Most Exalted.