Claude 2

  1. يبيتُ الوحيدَ الفردَ منْ هو والٌ

    وكلٌّ اذا ما صَرَّحَ الموتُ أبْترُ

    The lone, the single sleeps, who is he and where is his family?

    And everyone, when death lays bare, is severed.

  2. وهل ولدٌ مُغْنٍ اذا نزلَ الردى

    فتيلاً وأمْرُ اللّهِ ماضٍ مُقَدَّرُ

    And does a child avail when fate descends

    Like a wick, and Allah's command is predestined and measured?

  3. فانْ كان للدُّنيا يُرادُ وعزِّها

    فكم من وحيدٍ وهو صدرٌ موقَّرُ

    If worldly glory and might are wanted,

    How many a lone man is an honored breast!

  4. وانْ كان للعُقبي فكُلٌّ بفعْلهِ

    رهينٌ وما يُجْدي قبيلٌ ومعْشرُ

    If it is for heirs, everyone by his acts

    Is a hostage, and tribe and clan avail not.

  5. وانْ قيلَ سِتْرُ المرء عند مماتِه

    بنوهُ فكمْ قاصٍ عن الأهل أسْترُ

    If it said: "A man's family when he dies are his children,"

    How many a secret man is better hidden than family!