قُل لِأَهلِ الإِكثارِ وَالإِقلالِ

قُل لِأَهلِ الإِكثارِ وَالإِقلالِ

كُلُّكُم مَيِّتٌ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

كُلُّكُم مَيِّتٌ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

Say to those with plenty and those with little:

Tell those who hoard and those who squander,

All of you will die, whatever your condition.

You all shall die, whatever your condition.

ما أَرى خالِداً عَلى قِلَّةِ الما

ما أَرى خالِداً عَلى قِلَّةِ الما

لِ وَلا باقِياً لِكَثرَةِ مالِ

لِ وَلا باقِياً لِكَثرَةِ مالِ

I see no one immortal with little wealth,

I see no everlasting one through paucity of wealth,

nor anyone enduring because of abundant wealth.

Nor one persisting through abundance of goods.

عَجَباً لي وَلِاِغتِراري بِدارٍ

عَجَباً لي وَلِاِغتِراري بِدارٍ

لَستُ أَبقى لَها وَلا تَبقى لي

لَستُ أَبقى لَها وَلا تَبقى لي

I marvel at myself and at my being beguiled by an abode

How strange I and my delusion with a house,

where I shall not remain, nor will it remain for me.

Which I will not inhabit forever, nor will it house me forever.

ما تَصافى قَومٌ عَلى غَيرِ ذاتِ ال

ما تَصافى قَومٌ عَلى غَيرِ ذاتِ ال

لَهِ إِلّا تَفَرَّقوا عَن تَقالِ

لَهِ إِلّا تَفَرَّقوا عَن تَقالِ

No people have formed sincere friendships for other than God's sake

No people came together except on something imperishable for them,

without parting in mutual hatred.

Else they dispersed because of their differences.

وَمَتى شِئتَ أَن تُطَعَّمَ بِالذِل

وَمَتى شِئتَ أَن تُطَعَّمَ بِالذِل

لِ فَرُم ما حَوَتهُ أَيدي الرِجالِ

لِ فَرُم ما حَوَتهُ أَيدي الرِجالِ

And whenever you wish to be fed on humiliation,

And whenever you wish to be fed with humiliation,

then seek what the hands of men possess.

Then cast away what is contained in the hands of men.