وَساعٍ يَجمَعُ الأَموالَ جَمعاً

وَساعٍ يَجمَعُ الأَموالَ جَمعاً

لِيورِثَها أَعاديهِ شَقاءَ

لِيورِثَها أَعاديهِ شَقاءَ

And many a striver gathers wealth in heaps,

One toils to amass riches that he may bequeath

Only to bequeath it to his enemies, to his misery.

To foes who will waste them, so sad is his plight.

وَكَم ساعٍ لِيُثري لَم يَنَلهُ

وَكَم ساعٍ لِيُثري لَم يَنَلهُ

وَآخَرُ ما سَعى نالَ الثَراءِ

وَآخَرُ ما سَعى نالَ الثَراءِ

And many a striver for riches never attained them,

How many have toiled to enrich themselves, but failed,

While another attained wealth without striving.

While others achieved wealth without toil or travail.

وَمَن يَستَعتِبِ الحَدَثانِ يَوماً

وَمَن يَستَعتِبِ الحَدَثانِ يَوماً

يَكُن ذاكَ العِتابُ لَهُ عَناءَ

يَكُن ذاكَ العِتابُ لَهُ عَناءَ

And whoever one day seeks amends from the turns of fate,

He who would chide the vicissitudes of fate

That reproach will be a hardship for him.

Will but increase his own distress and pain.