اِعمل بدُنياك واِحذر مِن عَواقبها

اِعمل بدُنياك واِحذر مِن عَواقبها

فَلَست تَأَمنُ يَوماً مِن نَوائبها

فَلَست تَأَمنُ يَوماً مِن نَوائبها

Work in your worldly life, and beware of its consequences.

Do as you will in this world but beware the consequences,

For not a day are you safe from its calamities.

For you'll never feel safe from its afflictions a single day.

وَعاشر الناس وَاِنظُر مِن عَجائبها

وَعاشر الناس وَاِنظُر مِن عَجائبها

ما الناس إِلّا مَع الدُنيا وَصاحبها

ما الناس إِلّا مَع الدُنيا وَصاحبها

And keep company with people, and observe some of the world's marvels.

Mix with people and behold the wonders they offer,

People side only with the world and its possessor.

People are only with this world and its ways.

فَكُلَّما انقلَبَت يَوماً بِهِ اِنقَلَبوا

فَكُلَّما انقلَبَت يَوماً بِهِ اِنقَلَبوا

خِداعُهم عِند أَرباب العُقول ثَبت

خِداعُهم عِند أَرباب العُقول ثَبت

So whenever it turns against him one day, they too turn.

Whenever it changes course they change with it,

Their deceit is proven to those endowed with reason.

Their deceit is evident to the wise.

وَكُلُّ نَفس سَتُجزى بِالَّذي اِكتَسَبت

وَكُلُّ نَفس سَتُجزى بِالَّذي اِكتَسَبت

فَاِعجَب لِأَسواءِ أَخلاق لهم نسِيت

فَاِعجَب لِأَسواءِ أَخلاق لهم نسِيت

And every soul will be recompensed for what it has earned.

Each soul will be recompensed for what it has earned,

So marvel at the evils of their conduct that have been forgotten.

How strange are the worst morals they've forgotten!

يعظِّمون أَخا الدُنيا فَإِن وَثَبت

يعظِّمون أَخا الدُنيا فَإِن وَثَبت

يَوماً عَلَيهِ بِما لا يَشتَهي وَثَبوا

يَوماً عَلَيهِ بِما لا يَشتَهي وَثَبوا

They exalt the world's companion; but if it pounces

They revere the world's brother but if one day

Upon him one day with what he does not desire, they pounce too.

It rebels against his desires, they'll rebel.