إِن الغَبيَّ زَمانَهُ بِسَخائِهِ

إِن الغَبيَّ زَمانَهُ بِسَخائِهِ

يُمضي رَبيعاً في الفُصول الأَربَع

يُمضي رَبيعاً في الفُصول الأَربَع

Indeed, the fool’s life, through his generosity,

The fool his time in largess pays away,

Is spent in spring throughout all four seasons.

And through the seasons makes perpetual May;

وَتَرى المُقل مُفارِقاً أَحبابُهُ

وَتَرى المُقل مُفارِقاً أَحبابُهُ

لَم يَلف غَير مُشيع وَمودع

لَم يَلف غَير مُشيع وَمودع

And you see the poor man, his loved ones leaving him;

While churlish souls their grubby lives outwear,

He has found only those who see him off and bid him farewell.

Forsaken and unwept when comes their day.