قُل لِأَهلِ الإِكثارِ وَالإِقلالِ

كُلُّكُم مَيِّتٌ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

Tell those who hoard and those who squander,

You all shall die, whatever your condition.

ما أَرى خالِداً عَلى قِلَّةِ الما

لِ وَلا باقِياً لِكَثرَةِ مالِ

I see no everlasting one through paucity of wealth,

Nor one persisting through abundance of goods.

عَجَباً لي وَلِاِغتِراري بِدارٍ

لَستُ أَبقى لَها وَلا تَبقى لي

How strange I and my delusion with a house,

Which I will not inhabit forever, nor will it house me forever.

ما تَصافى قَومٌ عَلى غَيرِ ذاتِ ال

لَهِ إِلّا تَفَرَّقوا عَن تَقالِ

No people came together except on something imperishable for them,

Else they dispersed because of their differences.

وَمَتى شِئتَ أَن تُطَعَّمَ بِالذِل

لِ فَرُم ما حَوَتهُ أَيدي الرِجالِ

And whenever you wish to be fed with humiliation,

Then cast away what is contained in the hands of men.