أَتَجمَعُ مالاً لا تُقَدِّمُ بَعضَهُ

لِنَفسِكَ ذُخراً إِنَّ ذا لَسُقوطُ

You hoard wealth without spending some

For yourself as provision - that is ruin

وَتُوصي بِهِ بَعدَ المَماتِ جَهالَةً

وَتَترُكُهُ حَياً وَأَنتَ بَسيطُ

And bequeath it ignorantly after death

Leaving it while alive though destitute

نَصيبُكَ مِمّا صِرتَ تَجمَعُ دائِباً

ثُوَيبانِ مِن قُبطِيَّةٍ وَحَنوطُ

Your share of what you always hoard

Is just two shrouds made somewhere in Egypt

كَأَنَّكَ قَد جُهِّزتَ تُدعى إِلى البِلى

لِنَعشِكَ في أَيدي الرِجالِ أَطيطُ

As if you're shrouded, called to decay

With your coffin carried by men yelling

وَعايَنتَ هَولاً لا يُعايَنُ مِثلُهُ

وَقُدرَةَ رَبٍّ بِالعِبادِ تُحيطُ

You saw a horror like none other

And the power of a Lord over all surrounding

وَصِرتَ إِلى دارٍ هِيَ الدارُ لا الَّتي

أَقَمتَ بِها حَياً وَأَنتَ نَشيطُ

And you reached a home, the home - not that

In which you lived, while vigorous and active

مَحَلٌّ بِهِ الأَقوامُ وَيحَكَ تَستَوي

فَصيدٌ كِرامٌ سادَةٌ وَنَبيطُ

A place where people gather and equals

Hunters, nobles, commons, and weak mingle