اِسعَد بِمالِكَ في الحَياةِ فَإِنَّما

اِسعَد بِمالِكَ في الحَياةِ فَإِنَّما

يَبقى خِلافكَ مُصلِحٌ أَو مُفسِدُ

يَبقى خِلافكَ مُصلِحٌ أَو مُفسِدُ

Enjoy your wealth in life, for only

Be content with what you own in life, for only

A good steward or a squanderer remains after you.

A reformer or corruptor will remain after you.

فَإِذا تركت لِمُفسِدٍ لَم يُبقِهِ

فَإِذا تركت لِمُفسِدٍ لَم يُبقِهِ

وَأَخو الصَلاحِ قَليلُهُ يَتَزَيَّدُ

وَأَخو الصَلاحِ قَليلُهُ يَتَزَيَّدُ

If you leave it to a squanderer, he will not preserve it;

So if you leave it to a corruptor, he will not preserve it,

And a righteous man's little wealth keeps increasing.

And the reformer - his little will increase.

فَإِذا اِستَطَعتَ فَكُن لِنَفسِكَ وارِثاً

فَإِذا اِستَطَعتَ فَكُن لِنَفسِكَ وارِثاً

إِنَّ المُوَرِّثَ نَفسَهُ لَمُسَدَّدُ

إِنَّ المُوَرِّثَ نَفسَهُ لَمُسَدَّدُ

So, if you can, be your own heir:

So if you are able, be a benefactor to yourself,

Indeed, he who makes himself his heir is rightly guided.

For one who makes himself an heir is truly guided.