اِذكُر مَعادَكَ أَفضَلَ الذِكرِ

اِذكُر مَعادَكَ أَفضَلَ الذِكرِ

لا تَنسَ يَومَ صَبيحَةِ الحَشرِ

لا تَنسَ يَومَ صَبيحَةِ الحَشرِ

Remember your final return with the best remembrance.

Remember your promised day, remembrance is best

Do not forget the day of the Gathering's dawn.

Forget not the morning of the gathering

يَومَ الكَرامَةِ لِلأُلى صَبَروا

يَومَ الكَرامَةِ لِلأُلى صَبَروا

وَالخَيرُ عِندَ عَواقِبِ الصَبرِ

وَالخَيرُ عِندَ عَواقِبِ الصَبرِ

The day of honor for those who patiently endured,

The day of honor for those who patiently endured

And good lies in the outcomes of patience.

And good lies in the outcomes of patience

في كُلِّ ما تَلتَذُّ أَنفُسُهُم

في كُلِّ ما تَلتَذُّ أَنفُسُهُم

أَنهارُهُم مِن تَحتِهِم تَجري

أَنهارُهُم مِن تَحتِهِم تَجري

Amid all that their souls delight in,

In all their souls delight

Their rivers flow beneath them.

Rivers flow beneath them

أَأُخَيَّ ما الدُنيا بِواسِعَةٍ

أَأُخَيَّ ما الدُنيا بِواسِعَةٍ

لِمُنىً تَلَجلَجُ مِنكَ في الصَدرِ

لِمُنىً تَلَجلَجُ مِنكَ في الصَدرِ

O my dear brother, the world is not vast enough

Oh brother, is not the life vast enough

For the wishes that churn within your breast.

For hopes to surge wildly in your chest?

تَرتاحُ مِن عِبَرٍ إِلى سِعَةٍ

تَرتاحُ مِن عِبَرٍ إِلى سِعَةٍ

وَتَفِرُّ مِن فَقرٍ إِلى فَقرِ

وَتَفِرُّ مِن فَقرٍ إِلى فَقرِ

You seek relief from lessons by turning to abundance,

You find rest from stages into expanse

And flee from poverty to poverty.

And flee from poverty into poverty

وَطَفِقتُ كَالظَمآنِ مُلتَمِساً

وَطَفِقتُ كَالظَمآنِ مُلتَمِساً

لِلآلِ في الدَيمومَةِ القَفرِ

لِلآلِ في الدَيمومَةِ القَفرِ

And I began, like a thirsty man, searching

I began like the thirsty, seeking

For the mirage in the barren wilderness.

The family in the barren everlastingness

تَبغي الخَلاصَ بِغَيرِ مَأخَذِهِ

تَبغي الخَلاصَ بِغَيرِ مَأخَذِهِ

لِتَنالَ رَوحَ اليُسرِ بِالعُسرِ

لِتَنالَ رَوحَ اليُسرِ بِالعُسرِ

You seek deliverance through the wrong means,

You seek deliverance without its source

To attain the relief of ease through hardship.

To attain ease of spirit through hardship

أَكثَرتَ في طَلَبِ الغِنى لَعِباً

أَكثَرتَ في طَلَبِ الغِنى لَعِباً

وَغِناكَ أَن تَرضى عَنِ الدَهرِ

وَغِناكَ أَن تَرضى عَنِ الدَهرِ

You have indulged in much idle play in seeking wealth,

You have played much in seeking wealth

And your wealth is to be content with time's course.

Your wealth being content with fate

وَالخَيرُ مالٍ أَنتَ كاسِبُهُ

وَالخَيرُ مالٍ أَنتَ كاسِبُهُ

ما كانَ عِندَ اللَهِ مِن ذُخرِ

ما كانَ عِندَ اللَهِ مِن ذُخرِ

And the best wealth you earn

And good wealth is what you earn

Is what is laid up in store with God.

What lies with God of treasure