ياO واثِقاًone confident مِنabout عُمرِهِhis life بِشَبيبَةٍbecause of youth
يا واثِقاً مِن عُمرِهِ بِشَبيبَةٍ
وَثِقَتhave trusted يَداكَyour two hands بِأَضعَفِin the weakest of الأَسبابِsupports
وَثِقَت يَداكَ بِأَضعَفِ الأَسبابِ
O you who feel assured of life because of youth,
O you who feel secure in your youth,
Your hands have trusted in the weakest of supports.
Yet you have grasped at the weakest means [of life],
ضَيَّعتَyou squandered ماwhat يُجديbenefits عَلَيكَfor you بَقاؤُهُits continuance
ضَيَّعتَ ما يُجدي عَلَيكَ بَقاؤُهُ
وَحَفِظتَand you preserved ماهُوَthat which is مُؤذِنٌgiving warning بِذَهابِof departure
وَحَفِظتَ ماهُوَ مُؤذِنٌ بِذَهابِ
You have squandered what benefits you by its continuance,
You have lost what could avail you were it to remain,
And preserved what gives warning of departure.
Yet you have kept what foretells its passing away,
أَلمالُwealth يُضبَطُis carefully recorded فيin يَديكَyour two hands حِسابُهُits account
أَلمالُ يُضبَطُ في يَديكَ حِسابُهُ
وَالعُمرُand life تُنفِقُهُyou spend it بِغَيرِwithout حِسابِaccounting
وَالعُمرُ تُنفِقُهُ بِغَيرِ حِسابِ
The wealth in your hands is carefully accounted for,
Wealth is not regulated in your hands by calculation,
Yet you spend your life without keeping account.
And you spend your life without any reckoning.
Sol 6.1