أَظُنُّ رِجالَ الدِرهَمَينِ تَسوقُهُم

أَظُنُّ رِجالَ الدِرهَمَينِ تَسوقُهُم

إِلى قَدَرٍ آجالُهُم وَمَصارِعُ

إِلى قَدَرٍ آجالُهُم وَمَصارِعُ

I think the men of the two dirhams are driven

I think the two-dirham men are led

Toward fate by their allotted lifespans and places of death.

To a fate their terms set and their demise.

وَأَحزَمُهُم مَن قَرَّ في قَعرِ بَيتِهِ

وَأَحزَمُهُم مَن قَرَّ في قَعرِ بَيتِهِ

وَأَيقَنَ أَنَّ العَزمَ لا بُدَّ واقِعُ

وَأَيقَنَ أَنَّ العَزمَ لا بُدَّ واقِعُ

And the most prudent of them is he who stays in the depths of his house

And the one most prudent keeps close to his house,

And is certain that resolve must inevitably come to pass.

Sure that what is willed shall come to pass.