وَذيand a possessor of غِنىًwealth أَوهَمَتهُdeluded him هِمَّتُهُhis ambition
وَذي غِنىً أَوهَمَتهُ هِمَّتُهُ
أَنَّthat الغِنىwealth عَنهُfrom him غَيرُnot مُنفَصِلِseparated
أَنَّ الغِنى عَنهُ غَيرُ مُنفَصِلِ
And a wealthy man was deluded by his ambition
into thinking that wealth would never part from him.
فَجَرَّso he dragged أَذيالَtrailing skirts عُجبِهِhis conceit بَطَراًin wanton pride
فَجَرَّ أَذيالَ عُجبِهِ بَطَراً
وَاِختالَand he strutted لِلكِبرِياءِout of arrogance فيin حُلَلِfine robes
وَاِختالَ لِلكِبرِياءِ في حُلَلِ
So he dragged the skirts of his conceit in wanton pride,
and strutted arrogantly in fine robes.
بَزَّتهُstripped him of أَيديthe hands الخُطوبِof calamities بِزَّتَهُhis attire
بَزَّتهُ أَيدي الخُطوبِ بِزَّتَهُ
فَاِعتاضَso he took in exchange بَعدَafter الجَديدِnew garments بِالسَمَلِthreadbare garments in return
فَاِعتاضَ بَعدَ الجَديدِ بِالسَمَلِ
The hands of calamity stripped him of his attire,
so he exchanged new garments for threadbare ones.
فَلاso do not تَثِقtrust بِالغِنىin wealth فَآفَتُهُfor its bane is الthe (article continued next line)
فَلا تَثِق بِالغِنى فَآفَتُهُ ال
فَقرُpoverty وَصَرفُand the changing course الزَمانِof time ذوhaving دُوَلِreversals of fortune
فَقرُ وَصَرفُ الزَمانِ ذو دُوَلِ
So do not trust in wealth, for its bane is
poverty; and time's course has its reversals.
كَفىsuffices بِنَيلِby obtaining الكَفافِenough for one's needs مِنهُfrom it غِنىًindependence
كَفى بِنَيلِ الكَفافِ مِنهُ غِنىً
عَنهُfrom it فَكُنso be فيهِwith it غَيرَnot مُحتَفِلِconcerned
عَنهُ فَكُن فيهِ غَيرَ مُحتَفِلِ
Gaining enough of it suffices to make you independent
of it; so be unconcerned with it.