وَتَقولُ عاذِلَتي وَلَيسَ لَها

وَتَقولُ عاذِلَتي وَلَيسَ لَها

بِغَدٍ وَلا ما بَعدَهُ عِلمُ

بِغَدٍ وَلا ما بَعدَهُ عِلمُ

And my reprover says, though she has no

My critic says to me, though she knows not

knowledge of tomorrow or what comes after it:

What tomorrow or the day after holds,

إِنَّ الثَراءَ هُوَ الخُلودُ وَإِنَّ

إِنَّ الثَراءَ هُوَ الخُلودُ وَإِنَّ

المَرءَ يُكرِبُ يَومَهُ العُدمُ

المَرءَ يُكرِبُ يَومَهُ العُدمُ

“Wealth is immortality, and indeed

That wealth alone makes one immortal. But

poverty hastens a man's day of death.”

Man's day is darkened by impending death.

وَلَئِن بَنيتُ إِلى المُشَقَّرِ في

وَلَئِن بَنيتُ إِلى المُشَقَّرِ في

هَضبٍ تُقَصِّرُ دونَهُ العُصمُ

هَضبٍ تُقَصِّرُ دونَهُ العُصمُ

And even if I built up to al-Mushaqqar, among

Though I erect a lofty palace where

rocky heights beyond the reach of white-footed mountain goats,

None can ascend save mounting eagles,

لَتُنَقِّبَن عَنّي المَنِيَّةُ إِنَّ

لَتُنَقِّبَن عَنّي المَنِيَّةُ إِنَّ

اللَهَ لَيسَ لِحُكمِهِ حُكمُ

اللَهَ لَيسَ لِحُكمِهِ حُكمُ

Death would surely seek me out; indeed,

Yet death will excavate in search of me,

God's decree admits no overriding judgment.

For God's decree cannot reversed be.