يا حاسدَ النّعمةِ في غيره

يا حاسدَ النّعمةِ في غيره

وذاهباً في الغبى من مذهبِهِ

وذاهباً في الغبى من مذهبِهِ

O envier of another's blessings,

O envier of blessings in others,

and you who follow your own path into folly:

And going astray in your ignorance,

بحرُ العطايا أنت في لجّهِ

بحرُ العطايا أنت في لجّهِ

وتحسدُ المسكين في مذنبه

وتحسدُ المسكين في مذنبه

you are in the depths of a sea of gifts,

You are in the sea of generosity,

yet envy the poor man in its little stream.

Yet you envy the poor in their sins,

وقد هدى جفنك بدرُ الدُّجى

وقد هدى جفنك بدرُ الدُّجى

وأنت لا تطرف عن كوكبه

وأنت لا تطرف عن كوكبه

The full moon of night has already guided your gaze,

The moon has guided your eyelids in the darkness of night,

yet you do not turn your eyes from his star.

Yet you do not glance at its orb,

تحسده في كلِّ أحواله

تحسده في كلِّ أحواله

وربما زدت على مكسبه

وربما زدت على مكسبه

You envy him in all his circumstances—

You envy him in all his states,

though you may have earned more than he has—

And add more than his gains,

في أكله الطَّيب في شربه

في أكله الطَّيب في شربه

في لبسه النعم في مركبه

في لبسه النعم في مركبه

in his good food, in his drink,

In his eating of goodness, his drinking,

in his soft clothes, in his mount.

His wearing of bounty, his riding,

يا نائماً يحسد إخوانه

يا نائماً يحسد إخوانه

الله قد فضّلهم فانتبه

الله قد فضّلهم فانتبه

O sleeper who envies his brothers,

O sleeper who envies his brothers,

God has favored them, so wake up!

God has preferred them, so wake up,

انظر بعين الفكر في ذا وذا

انظر بعين الفكر في ذا وذا

ما سَنَنُ التحقيق بالمشتبه

ما سَنَنُ التحقيق بالمشتبه

Look with the eye of thought at this and that:

Look with the eye of thought at this and that,

the path to truth is not obscure.

Customs of truth are not like the ambiguous,

حالُكَ لا تبقى ولا حالُهُ

حالُكَ لا تبقى ولا حالُهُ

ما أقرَبَ الظامىء من مشربه

ما أقرَبَ الظامىء من مشربه

Your state will not last, nor will his.

Your state does not remain, nor does his,

How near the thirsty man is to his drinking place!

How near is the thirsty to his drink,

والبدرُ إن راقك إشراقُهُ

والبدرُ إن راقك إشراقُهُ

فإنه يشجيك في مغربه

فإنه يشجيك في مغربه

And the full moon, if its radiance delights you,

And the moon, though you like its radiance,

will surely grieve you when it sets.

It pains you in its setting,

لا تصحَبَن ذا حسدٍ إنَّه

لا تصحَبَن ذا حسدٍ إنَّه

أولُ ذنبٍ عُصِيَ الله به

أولُ ذنبٍ عُصِيَ الله به

Never befriend an envious man, for envy is

Do not accompany one with envy, for it

the first sin through which God was disobeyed.

Is the first sin disobeying God.