مِسكينُ مَن غَرَّتِ الدُنيا بِآمالِه

مِسكينُ مَن غَرَّتِ الدُنيا بِآمالِه

كَم قَد تَلاعَبَتِ الدُنيا بِأَمثالِه

كَم قَد تَلاعَبَتِ الدُنيا بِأَمثالِه

Pitiable is he whom this world has beguiled with his hopes.

Wretched is he whom the life of this world has deceived with its hopes!

How often the world has toyed with his like.

How many the like of him has the life of this world toyed with!

يَنسى المُلِحُّ عَلى الدُنيا مَنِيَّتَهُ

يَنسى المُلِحُّ عَلى الدُنيا مَنِيَّتَهُ

بِطولِ إِدبارِهِ فيها وَإِقبالِه

بِطولِ إِدبارِهِ فيها وَإِقبالِه

The one intent on this world forgets his death,

The heedless man forgets the inevitability of his death

Through his long comings and goings within it.

in the length of his coming and going in it.

وَما تَزالُ صُروفُ الدَهرِ تَختُلُهُ

وَما تَزالُ صُروفُ الدَهرِ تَختُلُهُ

حَتّى تَقَنَّصَهُ مِن جَرفِ سِربالِه

حَتّى تَقَنَّصَهُ مِن جَرفِ سِربالِه

And time's vicissitudes never cease to beguile him,

The turns of fate do not cease to confuse him,

Until they snare him by the edge of his robe.

until it seizes him on the edge of his shovel.

لَيسَ اللَيالي وَلا الأَيّامُ تارِكَةً

لَيسَ اللَيالي وَلا الأَيّامُ تارِكَةً

شَيئاً يَدومُ مِنَ الدُنيا عَلى حالِه

شَيئاً يَدومُ مِنَ الدُنيا عَلى حالِه

Neither nights nor days allow

Neither nights nor days leave

Anything in this world to endure unchanged.

anything lasting in this life as it was.

يا بُؤسَ لِلجاهِلِ المَغرورِ كَيفَ أَبى

يا بُؤسَ لِلجاهِلِ المَغرورِ كَيفَ أَبى

أَن يُخطِرَ المَوتَ في الدُنيا عَلى بالِه

أَن يُخطِرَ المَوتَ في الدُنيا عَلى بالِه

Woe to the deluded ignorant man—how he refused

How miserable for the deluded ignorant man who refused

To bring death to mind while in this world.

to reflect on death in the life of this world!

المَرءُ يُنقِذُهُ ما كانَ قَدَّمَ في ال

المَرءُ يُنقِذُهُ ما كانَ قَدَّمَ في ال

دُنيا مِنِ اِحسانِهِ فيها وَإِجمالِه

دُنيا مِنِ اِحسانِهِ فيها وَإِجمالِه

A man is saved by what he has sent ahead in the

What saves a man is what good he forwarded in this life

World: his kindness and gracious conduct there.

of his benevolence and favors in it.

يا مَن يَموتُ غَداً ماذا اِعتَدَدتَ لِكَر

يا مَن يَموتُ غَداً ماذا اِعتَدَدتَ لِكَر

بِ المَوتِ عِندَ غَواشيهِ وَأَهوالِه

بِ المَوتِ عِندَ غَواشيهِ وَأَهوالِه

O you who will die tomorrow, what have you prepared for the anguish

O you who dies tomorrow, what preparations have you made

Of death, amid its overwhelming agonies and terrors?

for the approach of death with its horrors?

يَموتُ ذو البِرِّ وَالتَقوى فَتَغبِطُهُ

يَموتُ ذو البِرِّ وَالتَقوى فَتَغبِطُهُ

وَلا تُنافِسُهُ في بَعضِ أَعمالِه

وَلا تُنافِسُهُ في بَعضِ أَعمالِه

A man of righteousness and piety dies, and you envy his lot,

The righteous and pious man dies and is envied,

Yet you do not strive to match him in even a few of his deeds.

and none can compete with him in some of his deeds.

اِستَغنِ بِاللَهِ عَمَّن كُنتَ تَسأَلُهُ

اِستَغنِ بِاللَهِ عَمَّن كُنتَ تَسأَلُهُ

فَاللَهُ أَفضَلُ مَسؤولٍ لِسُؤآلِه

فَاللَهُ أَفضَلُ مَسؤولٍ لِسُؤآلِه

Through God, have no need of anyone you used to petition;

Seek independence with God from those you used to ask.

For God is the best one to petition.

For God is the best one asked to fulfill requests.