لِلَّهِ عاقِبَةُ الأُمورِ جَميعاً

أَخشى التَفَرُّقَ أَن يَكونَ سَريعا

To Allah belong the outcomes of all affairs

I fear disunity, that it will be swift

أَفَتَأمَنُ الدُنيا كَأَنَّكَ لا تَرى

في كُلِّ وَجهٍ لِلخُطوبِ صَريعا

Do you feel safe in this life as if you do not see

In every aspect, misfortunes lying in wait

أَصبَحتَ أَعمى مُبصِراً مُتَحَيِّراً

في ضَوءِ باهِرَةٍ أَصَمَّ سَميعا

You have become blind, though seeing, confused

In bright lights, deaf while hearing

لِلمَوتِ ذِكرٌ أَنتَ مُطَّرِحٌ لَهُ

حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ لا تَراهُ ذَريعاً

Death is remembered, you are headlong towards it

As if you do not see it as a pitfall

ما لي أَرى ما ضاعَ مِنكَ كَأَنَّما

ضَيَّعتَهُ مُتَعَمِّداً لِيَضيعا

Why do I see what you have lost as if

You have deliberately let it slip away

وَتَشَوَّفَت لِذَوي مَخايِلِها المُنى

وَكَتَمنَ سُمّاً تَحتَهُنَّ نَقيعا

And craved those with depraved passions

And concealed poison beneath them, potent

وَإِلى مَدىً سَبَقَت جِيادُ ذَوي التُقى

فَأَصَبنَ فيهِ مِنَ الحَياءِ رَبيعا

And to what extent the steeds of the pious have outrun

And so attained the springtime of modesty

وَلَتَفتَنَنَّ عَنِ الهُدى إِن لَم تَكُن

لِأَعِنَّةِ الدُنيا إِلَيهِ خَليعا

And they will surely turn away from guidance if they are not

To the ties of worldly life thereby rendered compliant

كَم عِبرَةٍ لَكَ قَد رَأَيتَ إِنِ اِعتَبَر

تَ بِها وَكَم عَجَباً رَأَيتَ بَديعا

How many lessons have you seen, if you took heed

And contemplated them, and how many wonders seen, unique

إِن كُنتَ تَلتَمِسُ السَلامَةَ في الأُمو

رِ فَكُن لِرَبِّكَ سامِعاً وَمُطيعا

If you seek safety in affairs, then be

To your Lord a listener and obedient