دعْ رجالاً ينازعون على الما

دعْ رجالاً ينازعون على الما

ل ولا تحفِلَنْ بجمع المالِ

ل ولا تحفِلَنْ بجمع المالِ

Leave men to contend over wealth,

Let men strive for wealth and care not thou

and do not concern yourself with amassing wealth.

For gathering wealth - never mind it now!

خيرُ مالَيْكَ ما سددتَ به الحا

خيرُ مالَيْكَ ما سددتَ به الحا

جةَ أو ما بذلتَه لنَوالِ

جةَ أو ما بذلتَه لنَوالِ

The better of your two kinds of wealth is what you use to meet a need,

Best riches thine if thou therewith shalt pay

or what you bestow in generosity.

Thy needs, or spend on other men in woe.

والغنيُّ الّذي له المِنَنُ الغر

والغنيُّ الّذي له المِنَنُ الغر

رُ جُثوماً على رقابِ الرّجالِ

رُ جُثوماً على رقابِ الرّجالِ

And the wealthy man is he whose radiant benefactions

True rich is he who hath the hearts of men,

crouch upon the necks of men.

Though destitute and crouching with the low.

واللّيالي يعلمن أنّي فيهن

واللّيالي يعلمن أنّي فيهن

نَ كصبحٍ محا سوادَ اللّيالي

نَ كصبحٍ محا سوادَ اللّيالي

And the nights know that, in their midst, I

The nights can witness I forget therein

am like a dawn that erased the nights’ blackness.

My sorrows till night's darkness seems to go.