إِذا أَقبَلَ المالُ السَوامُ وَغَيرَهُ

إِذا أَقبَلَ المالُ السَوامُ وَغَيرَهُ

فَتَثميرُهُ مِن لَحظَةِ العَينِ أَسرَعُ

فَتَثميرُهُ مِن لَحظَةِ العَينِ أَسرَعُ

When wealth comes—grazing livestock and other riches—

When wealth comes rushing in, spend it fast,

then its increase is swifter than a glance of the eye.

For its decay, when it turns away, is swift.

وَإِن هُوَ وَلّى مُدبِراً فَفَناؤُهُ

وَإِن هُوَ وَلّى مُدبِراً فَفَناؤُهُ

وَشيكاً مِنَ التَثميرِ أَرجى وَأَنجَعُ

وَشيكاً مِنَ التَثميرِ أَرجى وَأَنجَعُ

And if it turns away, retreating, then its disappearance

Spending it the moment it's in hand

before long is likelier and more effective than its increase.

Is best if it departs your land.