إِذا قامت بَواكيكَ

إِذا قامت بَواكيكَ

وَقَد هَتَّكنَ أَستارَك

وَقَد هَتَّكنَ أَستارَك

When your mourning women rise,

When your cries arise

Having already torn away your veils,

And your veil is torn

أَيُثنينَ عَلى قَبرِك

أَيُثنينَ عَلى قَبرِك

أَم يَلعَنَّ أَحجارَك

أَم يَلعَنَّ أَحجارَك

Will they offer praise over your grave,

Will they eulogize you over your grave

Or curse your stones?

Or will the stones curse you?

وَما تَترُك فيَ الدُنيا

وَما تَترُك فيَ الدُنيا

إِذا زُرتَ غَداً نارَك

إِذا زُرتَ غَداً نارَك

And what will you leave in this world

What will you leave in this world

When tomorrow you visit your fire?

When you visit the fire tomorrow?

تُرى في سَقرِ المَثوى

تُرى في سَقرِ المَثوى

وَإِبليسَ غَداً جارَك

وَإِبليسَ غَداً جارَك

You will be shown your abode in Saqar,

You will be seen in Hell's abyss

And Iblis as your neighbor tomorrow.

With Iblis as your neighbor

لِمَن تَترُك زِقَّيكَ

لِمَن تَترُك زِقَّيكَ

وَدَنَّيكَ وَأَوتارَك

وَدَنَّيكَ وَأَوتارَك

For whom will you leave your two wineskins,

To whom will you leave your food

And your two wine jars and your strings,

And your clothes and lute?

وَخَمساً مِن بَناتِ اللَي

وَخَمساً مِن بَناتِ اللَي

لِ قَد أُلبِسنَ أَطمارَك

لِ قَد أُلبِسنَ أَطمارَك

And five of the daughters of the night,

And five of the beauties of the night

Already clothed in your rags?

For they have worn your robes

تَعالى اللَهُ ما أَقبَح

تَعالى اللَهُ ما أَقبَح

إِذ وَلَّيتَ أَدبارَك

إِذ وَلَّيتَ أَدبارَك

Exalted be God! How ugly

God forbid how ugly it is

Your backside looked when you turned away!

When you have turned your back