إِنّا نُعَزّيكَ لا إِنّا عَلى ثِقَةٍ

إِنّا نُعَزّيكَ لا إِنّا عَلى ثِقَةٍ

مِنَ الحَياةِ وَلَكِن سُنَّةَ الدينِ

مِنَ الحَياةِ وَلَكِن سُنَّةَ الدينِ

We console you, not because we are assured

We offer you condolences, not that we are confident

of life, but in keeping with the tradition of the faith.

Of life ourselves, but as the custom of the faith;

فَلا المُعَزَّي بِباقٍ بَعدَ مِيتَتِهِ

فَلا المُعَزَّي بِباقٍ بَعدَ مِيتَتِهِ

وَلا المُعَزِّي وَلَو عاشا إِلى حينِ

وَلا المُعَزِّي وَلَو عاشا إِلى حينِ

For the one consoled does not remain after his death,

For neither the one consoled shall remain after the dead,

nor does the consoler, even if both live for a time.

Nor the one consoling, though they live on for a while.