وأَرَى ذا العَيشِ لا تُحرِزُهُ

وأَرَى ذا العَيشِ لا تُحرِزُهُ

لَمعَةٌ تَعمُرُ أو غَيبُ وَطَن

لَمعَةٌ تَعمُرُ أو غَيبُ وَطَن

And I see that the living man is not kept safe

I see this life cannot be kept

by a flourishing meadow or a homeland's seclusion.

By splendor dwelling or a homeland left

هَل لَهُ إن لَم يَمُت في قَعَصٍ

هَل لَهُ إن لَم يَمُت في قَعَصٍ

مِن غِنَاهُ غَيرُ قَبرٍ وكَفَن

مِن غِنَاهُ غَيرُ قَبرٍ وكَفَن

Has he, if he does not meet a sudden death,

What has he, if he dies not in hardship

anything from his wealth but a grave and a shroud?

Save riches no grave or shroud can heft

بَينمَا يَغبِطُهُ أَشياعُهُ

بَينمَا يَغبِطُهُ أَشياعُهُ

قَلَبَ الدَّهرُ لَهُ ظَهرَ المِجَن

قَلَبَ الدَّهرُ لَهُ ظَهرَ المِجَن

While his followers envy his good fortune,

While his loved ones envy what he kept

Time turns the back of its shield toward him.

Time turned its back and threw him to grief