أَلْهَتْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا عَنِ الآخِرَهْ

أَلْهَتْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا عَنِ الآخِرَهْ

وَهِيَ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ بِكُمْ سَاخِرَهْ

وَهِيَ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ بِكُمْ سَاخِرَهْ

The world has distracted you from the Hereafter,

The world has distracted you from the hereafter

while it mocks you for your ignorance.

While it mocks you out of ignorance

وَغَرَّكُمْ مِنْهَا وَأَنْتُمْ بِكُمْ

وَغَرَّكُمْ مِنْهَا وَأَنْتُمْ بِكُمْ

جُوعٌ إِلَيْهَا قِدْرُهَا الْبَاخِرَهْ

جُوعٌ إِلَيْهَا قِدْرُهَا الْبَاخِرَهْ

And what beguiled you in it—while you had

It has deceived you while you

a hunger for it—was its steaming pot.

Hunger for it, worthless as it is

يَمْشِي الْفَتَى تِيهَاً وَفِي ثَوْبِهِ

يَمْشِي الْفَتَى تِيهَاً وَفِي ثَوْبِهِ

مِنْ مَعْطِفَيْهِ جِيفَةٌ جَاخِرَهْ

مِنْ مَعْطِفَيْهِ جِيفَةٌ جَاخِرَهْ

The young man walks in conceit, while inside his robe,

The young man walks lost, with rotten carcass

between his flanks, lies a reeking carcass.

In the folds of his cloak

كَأَنَّهُ فِي كِبْرِهِ سَادِرٌ

كَأَنَّهُ فِي كِبْرِهِ سَادِرٌ

سَفِينَةٌ فِي لُجَّةٍ مَاخِرَهْ

سَفِينَةٌ فِي لُجَّةٍ مَاخِرَهْ

As though, heedless in his pride, he were

As if in his pride he is a ship

a ship cleaving the deep sea.

Sailing in turbulent waters

كَمْ أَنْفُسٍ عَزَّتْ بِسُلْطَانِهَا

كَمْ أَنْفُسٍ عَزَّتْ بِسُلْطَانِهَا

فِي ما مَضَى وَهْيَ إِذَنْ دَاخِرَهْ

فِي ما مَضَى وَهْيَ إِذَنْ دَاخِرَهْ

How many souls grew mighty through their authority

How many souls prided in their power

in times gone by, yet are now abased!

In the past, now gone and vanished

وَعُصْبَةٍ كَانَتْ لأَمْوَالِهَا

وَعُصْبَةٍ كَانَتْ لأَمْوَالِهَا

مَظنَّةَ الْفَقْرِ بِهَا ذَاخِرَهْ

مَظنَّةَ الْفَقْرِ بِهَا ذَاخِرَهْ

And many a band kept its wealth

And groups that boasted of their wealth

stored away, for fear of poverty befalling it.

As if poverty could never reach them

فَأَصْبَحَتْ يَرْحَمُهَا مَنْ يَرَى

فَأَصْبَحَتْ يَرْحَمُهَا مَنْ يَرَى

وَقَدْ غَنَتْ فِي نِعْمَةٍ فَاخِرَهْ

وَقَدْ غَنَتْ فِي نِعْمَةٍ فَاخِرَهْ

Then it came to be pitied by all who saw it,

They became pitied by those who see them

though it had lived in splendid luxury.

After reveling in ostentatious luxury

فَلا جَوَادٌ صَاهِلٌ عَزَّهُمْ

فَلا جَوَادٌ صَاهِلٌ عَزَّهُمْ

يَوْمَاً وَلا خَيْفَانَةٌ شَاخِرَهْ

يَوْمَاً وَلا خَيْفَانَةٌ شَاخِرَهْ

So no neighing steed lent them strength

No gallant steed honored them anymore

ever, nor a snorting, slender horse.

Nor a lofty tent

بَلْ عَمَّ دُنْيَاهُمْ صُرُوفٌ لَهَا

بَلْ عَمَّ دُنْيَاهُمْ صُرُوفٌ لَهَا

مِنَ الرَّدَى أَوْدِيَةٌ زَاخِرَهْ

مِنَ الرَّدَى أَوْدِيَةٌ زَاخِرَهْ

Rather, turns of fate engulfed their world, with

Rather, the tides of time engulfed them

valleys overflowing with death.

With valleys of misery ever-flowing

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ

وَاخْشَوْا عَذَابَ اللَّهِ وَالآخِرَهْ

وَاخْشَوْا عَذَابَ اللَّهِ وَالآخِرَهْ

O people, fear your Lord,

O people, fear your Lord

and dread God's punishment and the Hereafter.

And dread the torment of God and the hereafter

أَنْتُمْ قُعُودٌ وَالرَّدَى قَائِمٌ

أَنْتُمْ قُعُودٌ وَالرَّدَى قَائِمٌ

يُسْقِيكُمُ بِالْكُوبِ وَالصَّاخِرَهْ

يُسْقِيكُمُ بِالْكُوبِ وَالصَّاخِرَهْ

You sit while death stands,

You sit while misery stands

serving you drink in the cup and the earthenware vessel.

To serve you full cups of bitterness

فَانْتَبِهُوا مِنْ غَفَلاتِ الْهَوَى

فَانْتَبِهُوا مِنْ غَفَلاتِ الْهَوَى

وَاعْتَبِرُوا بِالأَعْظُمِ النَّاخِرَهْ

وَاعْتَبِرُوا بِالأَعْظُمِ النَّاخِرَهْ

So awaken from the stupors of desire,

So wake from the heedlessness of passion

and take warning from the decaying bones.

And take example from the greatest downfall