يا جامع المال كُلْهُ قبل آكلهِ

يا جامع المال كُلْهُ قبل آكلهِ

فإنّما المالُ في الدّنيا لمن أكلا

فإنّما المالُ في الدّنيا لمن أكلا

O gatherer of wealth, eat it before another eats it;

O you who gather all wealth before consuming it

For wealth in this world belongs only to whoever eats it.

Wealth in this world belongs only to those who consume it

أنتَ المجارى إِلى ما بتّ تجمعه

أنتَ المجارى إِلى ما بتّ تجمعه

فاِسبقْ إليه صروفَ الدَّهرِ والأجلا

فاِسبقْ إليه صروفَ الدَّهرِ والأجلا

You are in a race for what you spent the night amassing;

You are racing towards what you strive to accumulate

So beat the vicissitudes of time and death to it.

So outpace the vicissitudes of fate and death's arrival

إنْ تُبقِ مالَكَ حيناً لم تُبَقَّ له

إنْ تُبقِ مالَكَ حيناً لم تُبَقَّ له

إمّا بطلتَ فَناءً عنه أو بطلا

إمّا بطلتَ فَناءً عنه أو بطلا

If you preserve your wealth for a time, you will not be preserved for it:

If you keep your wealth for a while, it won't last for you

Either you perish, leaving it behind, or it perishes.

You will either expire before it or expire without it

أمَّا الكريمُ فيمضِي مالُهُ معه

أمَّا الكريمُ فيمضِي مالُهُ معه

ويترك المالَ للأعداء مَن بَخِلا

ويترك المالَ للأعداء مَن بَخِلا

As for the generous man, his wealth goes with him;

The generous spend their wealth in life and take it with them

And whoever is miserly leaves wealth to enemies.

While the miser leaves his wealth for his enemies when he dies