غَلَبَ اليَقينَ عَليَّ شَكّي في الرَدى

غَلَبَ اليَقينَ عَليَّ شَكّي في الرَدى

حَتّى كَأَنّي لا أَراهُ عِيانا

حَتّى كَأَنّي لا أَراهُ عِيانا

Certainty overcame my doubt concerning death,

My doubt about death overcame certainty in me,

until it was as though I did not see it plainly.

until it was as though I did not see it with my own eyes.

فَعَميتُ حَتّى صِرتُ فيهِ كَأَنَّني

فَعَميتُ حَتّى صِرتُ فيهِ كَأَنَّني

أُعطيتُ مِن رَيبِ المَنونِ أَمانا

أُعطيتُ مِن رَيبِ المَنونِ أَمانا

Then I grew blind, until, in the face of it, I became as though

So I grew blind, until, regarding it, I was as though

I had been granted safety from the perils of death.

I had been granted safety from the vicissitudes of death.