وَزَهَّدَني في جَمعيَ المال أَنَّه

وَزَهَّدَني في جَمعيَ المال أَنَّه

إِذا ما اِنتَهى عِندَ الفَتى فارق العُمرا

إِذا ما اِنتَهى عِندَ الفَتى فارق العُمرا

And what made me renounce my amassing of wealth is this:

And what discouraged me from amassing wealth is that,

It makes me reject wealth, that when

When its accumulation reaches its end with a man, he departs this life.

when a young man has finished gathering it, he parts with life.

A young man dies, his life departs,

فَلا روحَه يَوماً أَراحَ مِن العَنا

فَلا روحَه يَوماً أَراحَ مِن العَنا

وَلَم يَكتَسب حَمداً وَلَم يَدَّخِر أَجرا

وَلَم يَكتَسب حَمداً وَلَم يَدَّخِر أَجرا

So never once has he given his soul rest from toil,

Thus he never once relieved his soul of toil,

Then never can his soul find rest

nor earned praise, nor stored up reward.

nor earned praise, nor stored up a reward.

From hardship, nor gain praise, nor store reward