دَعِ الرِياءَ لِمَن لَجَّ الرِياءُ بِهِ

دَعِ الرِياءَ لِمَن لَجَّ الرِياءُ بِهِ

في الأَمرِ بِالبَذلِ وَاِذكُر ذِلَّةَ العَدَمِ

في الأَمرِ بِالبَذلِ وَاِذكُر ذِلَّةَ العَدَمِ

Leave hypocrisy to him whom hypocrisy has gripped

Leave ostentation to those who are obsessed by ostentation

in urging generosity, and remember the humiliation of poverty.

In commanding generosity, and remember the humiliation of non-existence

وَمُت عَلى الدِرهَمِ المَنقوشِ مَوتَ فَتىً

وَمُت عَلى الدِرهَمِ المَنقوشِ مَوتَ فَتىً

رَأى المَماتَ عَلَيهِ أَكرَمَ الكَرَمِ

رَأى المَماتَ عَلَيهِ أَكرَمَ الكَرَمِ

And die for the engraved dirham, as a young man dies

Die on the engraved coin the death of a noble man

who deemed death for its sake the noblest generosity.

Who sees death upon it as the utmost generosity

وَعَدّ عَن ذا وَعَن هَذا وَقَولِهِمُ

وَعَدّ عَن ذا وَعَن هَذا وَقَولِهِمُ

الذِكرُ يَبقى وَتَفنى لذَّةُ النِعَمِ

الذِكرُ يَبقى وَتَفنى لذَّةُ النِعَمِ

And turn aside from this and that, and from their saying:

And abstain from this and that and their saying

“Renown endures, while the pleasure of blessings fades.”

Remembrance remains while the pleasure of blessings perishes

لَولا غِناكَ لَكُنتَ الكَلبَ عِندَهُمُ

لَولا غِناكَ لَكُنتَ الكَلبَ عِندَهُمُ

فَإِن أَبَيتَ فَجَرِّب وَاِشقَ بِالنَدَمِ

فَإِن أَبَيتَ فَجَرِّب وَاِشقَ بِالنَدَمِ

Were it not for your wealth, you would be a dog in their eyes.

If not for Your richness, I would be a dog to them

So if you refuse, then try it—and be wretched with regret.

So if you refuse, then try and struggle with regret