فَكَّرتُ في المالِ وَفي جَمعِهِ

فَكَّرتُ في المالِ وَفي جَمعِهِ

فَكانَ ما يَبقى هُوَ الفاني

فَكانَ ما يَبقى هُوَ الفاني

I reflected on wealth and on amassing it.

I thought of wealth and of hoarding it

So what remains proved to be what perishes,

Yet what remains is the ephemeral

وَكانَ ما أَنفَقتُ في أَوجُهِ ال

وَكانَ ما أَنفَقتُ في أَوجُهِ ال

بِرِّ بِمَعروفٍ وَإِحسانِ

بِرِّ بِمَعروفٍ وَإِحسانِ

while what I spent in the ways of

While what I spent for good causes and charity

righteousness, through kindness and benevolence,

With kindness and benevolence

هُوَ الَّذي يَبقى وَأُجزى بِهِ

هُوَ الَّذي يَبقى وَأُجزى بِهِ

يَوم يُجازى كُلُّ إِنسانِ

يَوم يُجازى كُلُّ إِنسانِ

was what endures, and for it I am rewarded

That is what remains, and I will be rewarded for it

on the day when every person is recompensed.

On the Day when all humans are recompensed

وَمِن فَسادِ العُرفِ إِحصاؤُه

وَمِن فَسادِ العُرفِ إِحصاؤُه

وَذِكرُهُ في كُلِّ إِبّانِ

وَذِكرُهُ في كُلِّ إِبّانِ

Among the things that spoil kindness is tallying it,

But counting and mentioning wealth frequently

and mentioning it on every occasion.

Is a corruption of proper conduct

فَاِنشُر إِذا أوليتَ عُرفاً وَإِن

فَاِنشُر إِذا أوليتَ عُرفاً وَإِن

أَولَيتَهُ فَاِستُر بِنِسيانِ

أَولَيتَهُ فَاِستُر بِنِسيانِ

So proclaim it when you are shown kindness; but if

So if you gain wealth, spread it around

you bestow it, conceal it by forgetting.

And if you gain it, conceal it with forgetfulness