ما خَيرُ دارٍ يَموتُ ساكِنُها

ما خَيرُ دارٍ يَموتُ ساكِنُها

وَأَغفَلُ الغافِلينَ آمِنُها

وَأَغفَلُ الغافِلينَ آمِنُها

What good is a dwelling whose inhabitant dies?

What good is a home whose dweller dies,

And the most heedless of the heedless is whoever feels secure in it.

While the heedless deem it secure?

أَلَم تَرَ القادَةَ الَّتي سَلَفَت

أَلَم تَرَ القادَةَ الَّتي سَلَفَت

قَد خَرِبَت بَعدَها مَدائِنُها

قَد خَرِبَت بَعدَها مَدائِنُها

Have you not seen the leaders who went before?

Have you not seen the abodes of yore

Their cities have fallen into ruin after them.

Whose cities crumbled after their time?