عَجَباً لِمَن أَمسى وَكُلُّ فَخارِهِ

عَجَباً لِمَن أَمسى وَكُلُّ فَخارِهِ

بِنُضارِهِ المَخبوءِ في الصُندوقِ

بِنُضارِهِ المَخبوءِ في الصُندوقِ

How strange is he whose entire pride now lies

How strange is he who spent the night

I marvel at the one whose entire pride lies

In his gold hidden in the chest!

With all his pride stored out of sight

In his gold, hidden away within a chest.

ماذا يَقولُ إِذا اللُصوصُ مَضوا بِهِ

ماذا يَقولُ إِذا اللُصوصُ مَضوا بِهِ

وَأَقامَ بَعدَ نُضارِهِ المَسروقِ

وَأَقامَ بَعدَ نُضارِهِ المَسروقِ

What will he say when thieves make off with it,

What will he say when thieves make off

What will he say if thieves make off with it,

And he remains behind after his gold is stolen?

And left his secret pride aloft?

And he is left behind, surviving his stolen wealth?

إِن يَرفَعِ المالُ الكَريمَ فَإِنَّهُ

إِن يَرفَعِ المالُ الكَريمَ فَإِنَّهُ

لِلنَذلِ مِثلُ الحَبلِ لِلمَشنوقِ

لِلنَذلِ مِثلُ الحَبلِ لِلمَشنوقِ

If wealth elevates the noble man, then it is

If wealth ennobles generous men

If money elevates the noble man, then truly,

To the base man what a rope is to the hanged.

It shames the mean ones time again

For the scoundrel, it is like the rope for the hanged.

لَمّا صَديقي صارَ مِن أَهلِ الغِنى

لَمّا صَديقي صارَ مِن أَهلِ الغِنى

أَيقَنتُ أَنّي قَد أَضَعتُ صَديقي

أَيقَنتُ أَنّي قَد أَضَعتُ صَديقي

When my friend became one of the wealthy,

When my friend joined the rich elite

When my friend became one of the people of riches,

I knew for certain that I had lost my friend.

I knew my friend was now complete

I realized with certainty that I had lost my friend.