اِستَرَدَّ الحَياةَ مِنكِ لَعَمرُ ال
لَهِ مَن كانَ لِلحَياةِ مُعيرا
By God's life, he has taken life back from you—
the one who lent life in the first place.
رُبَّما تَدرُجينَ في أَوَّلِ النَم
لِ إِذا ما عَدَونَ عيراً فَعيرا
Perhaps you will creep at the head of the ants
when they race along, caravan after caravan.
وَتَحُلّينَ قَريَةً فَسَقاكِ ال
مَوتُ كَأساً كَما سَقاها البَعيرا
And you will stop in a village, where death will give you
a cup, as it gave the camel there to drink.
أَتُرَجّينَ مِن إِلهَكِ عَفواً
وَتَخافينَ في الحِسابِ السَعيرا
Do you hope for pardon from your God
while fearing the blaze at the reckoning?
لُعِنَ الحِرصُ كَم تَحَكَّرتِ قوتاً
ثُمَّ خَلَّفتِ بُرَّهُ وَالشَعيرا
Cursed be greed! How much food you hoarded,
then left behind its wheat and barley.
Sol 6