لا تَنسَ وَاِذكُر سَبيلَ مَن هَلَكا

لا تَنسَ وَاِذكُر سَبيلَ مَن هَلَكا

سَتَسلُكُ المَسلَكَ الَّذي سَلَكا

سَتَسلُكُ المَسلَكَ الَّذي سَلَكا

Do not forget; remember the path of him who perished.

Do not forget, and remember the path of those who perished

You will tread the path that he trod.

You will tread the path that they have trodden

أَنتَ سَيَخلو المَكانُ مِنكَ كَما

أَنتَ سَيَخلو المَكانُ مِنكَ كَما

أَخلاهُ مَن كانَ فيهِ قَبلُ لَكا

أَخلاهُ مَن كانَ فيهِ قَبلُ لَكا

You—the place will be empty of you, just as

You will leave this place empty, just as

the one who was there before left it empty for you.

Those before you left it empty

كَأَنَّ ذا العَينِ في تَطَرُّفِها

كَأَنَّ ذا العَينِ في تَطَرُّفِها

لَعباً وَلَهواً قَد عايَنَ الهَلَكا

لَعباً وَلَهواً قَد عايَنَ الهَلَكا

As though the sighted man, as his eye roves

As if the one with wandering eyes

in play and amusement, had already beheld destruction.

Just played and toyed around, and saw ruin

مَن لَم يَحُز ما لَهُ يَدُ البِرِّ فَال

مَن لَم يَحُز ما لَهُ يَدُ البِرِّ فَال

آفاتُ أَولى مِنهُ بِما ما لَكا

آفاتُ أَولى مِنهُ بِما ما لَكا

For anyone whose possessions the hand of charity does not safeguard,

Whoever does not take what is rightfully his with the hand of righteousness

calamities have a greater claim than he to what he owned (ending unclear).

Calamities have more right to what he owns than him