كَم آمِنٍ لِلمَنونِ لاهٍ

كَم آمِنٍ لِلمَنونِ لاهٍ

عَنِ الرَدى باتَ مُطمَئِنّا

عَنِ الرَدى باتَ مُطمَئِنّا

How many a man, feeling safe from death, heedless

How many a confider in life has become heedless of fate

of doom, has spent the night at ease,

And slept feeling safe from death's strike

صَبَّحَهُ وافِدُ المَنايا

صَبَّحَهُ وافِدُ المَنايا

فَعايَنَ المَوتَ حينَ عَنّا

فَعايَنَ المَوتَ حينَ عَنّا

only to be visited at dawn by death's envoy,

Until Death, the inevitable, visited him suddenly

and to behold death when it appeared.

And he saw death when it came unawares

حَتّى إِذا ما قَضى بَكاهُ

حَتّى إِذا ما قَضى بَكاهُ

حَميمُهُ مُعوِلاً مُرِنّا

حَميمُهُ مُعوِلاً مُرِنّا

At last, when he died, he was mourned

When his fate was fulfilled, his dear ones cried over him

by his close friend, wailing and crying aloud.

Keening painfully, wailing and mourning

وارَوهُ في لَحدِهِ وَسَنّوا

وارَوهُ في لَحدِهِ وَسَنّوا

عَلَيهِ قَيدَ التُرابِ سَنّا

عَلَيهِ قَيدَ التُرابِ سَنّا

They buried him in his grave, and poured

They buried him in his grave and heaped

over him the fetter of earth.

Dust's shackles heavily upon him

وَاِنتَهَبوا مالَهُ وَشَنّوا ال

وَاِنتَهَبوا مالَهُ وَشَنّوا ال

غاراتِ فيما حَواهُ شَنّا

غاراتِ فيما حَواهُ شَنّا

They plundered his wealth and launched the

They plundered his wealth and ransacked

raids upon what he had amassed.

His possessions, pillaging his belongings

لِمِثلِ هَذا فَكُن مُعِدّا

لِمِثلِ هَذا فَكُن مُعِدّا

ما قَد أُعِدَّ الهُداةُ مِنّا

ما قَد أُعِدَّ الهُداةُ مِنّا

For a fate like this, then, make ready

Prepare yourself for the like of this

what the guides among us have prepared.

As wise men prepare themselves for it

وَاِرتَقِبِ المَوتَ فَهوَ حَتمٌ

وَاِرتَقِبِ المَوتَ فَهوَ حَتمٌ

يَختَرِمُ الطِفلَ وَالمُسِنّا

يَختَرِمُ الطِفلَ وَالمُسِنّا

And watch for death, for it is inevitable:

And expect death, for it is destined

it snatches away the child and the aged.

To overcome child and elder alike