يا آمِنَ الأَقدارِ بادِر صَرفَها

يا آمِنَ الأَقدارِ بادِر صَرفَها

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ الطالَبَينَ حِثاثُ

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ الطالَبَينَ حِثاثُ

O you who feel safe from fate, forestall its reversals,

O you who trust in fate, hasten its turns

and know that the pursuers are swift.

And know that seekers are frail furniture

خُذ مِن تُراثِكَ ما اِستَطَعتَ فَإِنِّما

خُذ مِن تُراثِكَ ما اِستَطَعتَ فَإِنِّما

شُرَكاؤُكَ الأَيّامُ وَالوُرّاثُ

شُرَكاؤُكَ الأَيّامُ وَالوُرّاثُ

Take what you can from your inheritance, for

Take from your heritage what you can, for

your partners are none but the days and the heirs.

Your partners are only days and heirs

لَم يَقضِ حَقَّ المالِ إِلّا مَعشَرٌ

لَم يَقضِ حَقَّ المالِ إِلّا مَعشَرٌ

وَجَدوا الزَمانَ يَعيثُ فيهِ فَعاثوا

وَجَدوا الزَمانَ يَعيثُ فيهِ فَعاثوا

None have given wealth its due but those

None fulfilled the right of wealth except a group

who found time ravaging it, and ravaged it themselves.

Who found time ravaging so they ravaged

تَحثو عَلى عَيبِ الغَني يَدُ الغِنى

تَحثو عَلى عَيبِ الغَني يَدُ الغِنى

وَالفَقرُ عَن عَيبِ الفَتى بِحّاثُ

وَالفَقرُ عَن عَيبِ الفَتى بِحّاثُ

The hand of wealth heaps dust over the rich man's fault,

The hand of wealth berates the rich man's fault

while poverty searches keenly for a young man's fault.

While poverty shields the youth's defect

المالُ مالُ المَرءِ ما بَلَغَت بِهِ ال

المالُ مالُ المَرءِ ما بَلَغَت بِهِ ال

شَهَواتُ أَو دَفَعَت بِهِ الأَحداثُ

شَهَواتُ أَو دَفَعَت بِهِ الأَحداثُ

A man's wealth is truly his insofar as it fulfills

A man's wealth is what his desires reached

desires, or wards off misfortunes.

Or what averted predicaments from him

ما كانَ مِنهُ فاضِلاً عَن قوتِهِ

ما كانَ مِنهُ فاضِلاً عَن قوتِهِ

فَليَعلَمَنَّ بِأَنَّهُ ميراثُ

فَليَعلَمَنَّ بِأَنَّهُ ميراثُ

Whatever of it exceeds his sustenance,

What was extra beyond his livelihood

so let him know for certain that it is an inheritance.

Let him know it is an inheritance

ما لي إِلى الدُنيا الغَرورَةِ حاجَةٌ

ما لي إِلى الدُنيا الغَرورَةِ حاجَةٌ

فَليَخزَ ساحِرُ كَيدِها النَفّاثُ

فَليَخزَ ساحِرُ كَيدِها النَفّاثُ

I have no need of the deceitful world;

I have no need for the world's delusion

so may the spell-blowing sorcerer of her guile be disgraced.

So the magician of its plot may perish

طَلَّقتُها أَلفاً لِأَحسِمَ داءَها

طَلَّقتُها أَلفاً لِأَحسِمَ داءَها

وَطَلاقُ مَن عَزَمَ الطَلاقَ ثَلاثُ

وَطَلاقُ مَن عَزَمَ الطَلاقَ ثَلاثُ

I divorced her a thousand times to eradicate her disease,

I divorced it a thousandfold to end its illness

though for one resolved to divorce, three divorces suffice.

And the divorce of one determined is threefold

سَكَناتُها مَحذورَةٌ وَعُهودُها

سَكَناتُها مَحذورَةٌ وَعُهودُها

مَنقوضَةٌ وَحِبالُها أَنكاثُ

مَنقوضَةٌ وَحِبالُها أَنكاثُ

Her moments of calm are to be feared, and her pledges

Its residences are hazardous and its pacts

are broken, and her ropes are unraveled.

Broken, its ropes untwisted

أُمُّ المَصائِبِ لا يَزالُ يَروعُنا

أُمُّ المَصائِبِ لا يَزالُ يَروعُنا

مِنها ذُكورُ نَوائِبٍ وَإِناثُ

مِنها ذُكورُ نَوائِبٍ وَإِناثُ

Mother of calamities—unceasingly we are terrified

The mother of afflictions still frightens us

by male and female misfortunes that come from her.

With its male and female misfortunes

إِنّي لَأَعجَبُ مِن رِجالٍ أَمسَكوا

إِنّي لَأَعجَبُ مِن رِجالٍ أَمسَكوا

بحَبائِلِ الدُنيا وَهُنَّ رِثاثُ

بحَبائِلِ الدُنيا وَهُنَّ رِثاثُ

I truly marvel at men who clung

I wonder at men who held fast

to the world's snares, though they are worn-out.

To the world's ropes while they are frail

كَنزوا الكُنوزَ وَأَغفَلَوا شَهَواتِهِم

كَنزوا الكُنوزَ وَأَغفَلَوا شَهَواتِهِم

فَالأَرضُ تَشبَعُ وَالبُطونُ غِراثُ

فَالأَرضُ تَشبَعُ وَالبُطونُ غِراثُ

They hoarded treasures and neglected their desires,

They hoarded treasures and neglected their desires

so the earth is sated while bellies go hungry.

So the earth is sated while the stomachs famished

أَتُراهُمُ لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ التُقى

أَتُراهُمُ لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ التُقى

أَزوادُنا وَدِيارُنا الأَجداثُ

أَزوادُنا وَدِيارُنا الأَجداثُ

Do you think they did not know that piety

Do they not know that piety

is our provision, and our dwellings are graves?

Is our provision and home is the graves?