لاdo not تَغْتَبِطexult بسرورِin joy دُنْworld (first fragment)
لا تَغْتَبِط بسرورِ دُنْ
يَاworld (final fragment) ماnot يدومُendures بهاin it سُرُورُjoy
يَا ما يدومُ بها سُرُورُ
Do not exult in this world's joy;
Do not rejoice at the fleeting joys of life
no joy in it endures.
For in it there is no lasting pleasure to find
وكذاكَand likewise لاdo not تَجْزَعdespair لِحَاover a calamity (first fragment)
وكذاكَ لا تَجْزَع لِحَا
دِثَةٍcalamity (final fragment) تَضِيقُgrow constricted بهاbecause of it الصُّدورُthe chests
دِثَةٍ تَضِيقُ بها الصُّدورُ
And likewise, do not despair over a calamity
And likewise, do not grieve at an event
that makes chests tighten.
That troubles and weighs heavily on your heart
فجميعُfor all ماthat which فيهِin it الأَنَاhumankind (first fragment)
فجميعُ ما فيهِ الأَنَا
مُhumankind (final fragment) أَلَيْسَis it not آخِرَهُits end القبورُthe graves
مُ أَلَيْسَ آخِرَهُ القبورُ
For all that humankind lives through—
For everything that resides within the self
are not the graves its end?
Is not its final end the grave?