أَلَمّا تَعجَبي مِن غَيرِ سُخرِ

أَلَمّا تَعجَبي مِن غَيرِ سُخرِ

لِقَدحِ الدَهرِ في جَبَلٍ وَصَخرِ

لِقَدحِ الدَهرِ في جَبَلٍ وَصَخرِ

Have you not yet marveled, without mockery,

Alas! Do not be astonished at the vicissitudes of fate,

at Time's gouging into mountain and rock,

In the mountains and rocks shaped by time’s adversity.

وَمَخرِ الغادِرِ الهَجَرِيِّ أَرضاً

وَمَخرِ الغادِرِ الهَجَرِيِّ أَرضاً

لَهَتكِ أَوانِسٍ كَبَناتِ مَخرِ

لَهَتكِ أَوانِسٍ كَبَناتِ مَخرِ

and at the treacherous man of Hajar's crossing a land

And the land ruined by the treacherous departing friend,

to violate maidens like wisps of white cloud?

Whose flight destroyed the homes like collapsing rocks.

وَما كانَ التَجارِبُ مِن رِجالٍ

وَما كانَ التَجارِبُ مِن رِجالٍ

سِوى مُلكٍ يُرامُ وَحُبِّ فَخرِ

سِوى مُلكٍ يُرامُ وَحُبِّ فَخرِ

And men's experiences have been nothing

Men of experience were never anything

but dominion sought and a love of boasting.

But kings with ambitions and prideful boasting.

كَفاكَ اللُبُّ رِحلَةَ جاهِليٍّ

كَفاكَ اللُبُّ رِحلَةَ جاهِليٍّ

تُزيرُكَ أَيلَةً وَبِلادَ نَخرِ

تُزيرُكَ أَيلَةً وَبِلادَ نَخرِ

Reason spares you a pre-Islamic man's journey,

Your foolish journey as a nomad in the days of ignorance

which takes you to Aylah and the lands of Nakhr.

Leads you to barren wastelands and rugged lands.

وَمَن يَذخَر لِطولِ العَيشِ مالاً

وَمَن يَذخَر لِطولِ العَيشِ مالاً

فَإِنَّ تُقايَ عِندَ اللَهِ ذُخري

فَإِنَّ تُقايَ عِندَ اللَهِ ذُخري

And if anyone stores up wealth for a long life,

And whoever hoards wealth for longevity,

then indeed my piety is my treasure with God.

His provisions are with Allah, the best hoard.