لا تَنسَ وَاِذكُر سَبيلَ مَن هَلَكا

سَتَسلُكُ المَسلَكَ الَّذي سَلَكا

Do not forget, and remember the path of those who perished

You will tread the path that they have trodden

أَنتَ سَيَخلو المَكانُ مِنكَ كَما

أَخلاهُ مَن كانَ فيهِ قَبلُ لَكا

You will leave this place empty, just as

Those before you left it empty

كَأَنَّ ذا العَينِ في تَطَرُّفِها

لَعباً وَلَهواً قَد عايَنَ الهَلَكا

As if the one with wandering eyes

Just played and toyed around, and saw ruin

مَن لَم يَحُز ما لَهُ يَدُ البِرِّ فَال

آفاتُ أَولى مِنهُ بِما ما لَكا

Whoever does not take what is rightfully his with the hand of righteousness

Calamities have more right to what he owns than him