ما أَجَلي في أَجَلى حاضِرٌ

ما أَجَلي في أَجَلى حاضِرٌ

مِن بَعدِ ما جَرَّبتُ أَهلَ الجَريب

مِن بَعدِ ما جَرَّبتُ أَهلَ الجَريب

My appointed end is not at hand in Ajalā,

How unworthy am I in my unworthiest present

after I have tested the people of al-Jarīb.

After I have experienced the deceitful people

كَأَنَّ حَوّاءَ الَّتي زَوجُها

كَأَنَّ حَوّاءَ الَّتي زَوجُها

آدَمُ لَم تَلقَح بِشَخصٍ أَريب

آدَمُ لَم تَلقَح بِشَخصٍ أَريب

As though Eve, whose husband

As if Eve whom Adam married

is Adam, had never conceived a discerning person.

Was not inseminated by a shady person

قَد كثُرَت في الأَرضِ جُهّالُنا

قَد كثُرَت في الأَرضِ جُهّالُنا

وَالعاقِلُ الحازِمُ فينا غَريب

وَالعاقِلُ الحازِمُ فينا غَريب

Our ignorant people have indeed grown numerous on earth,

Ignorance has become widespread in the world

and the wise, resolute man is a stranger among us.

While the wise and prudent among us are strangers

وَإِن يَكُن في مَوتِنا راحَةٌ

وَإِن يَكُن في مَوتِنا راحَةٌ

فَالفَرَجُ الوارِدُ مِنّا قَريب

فَالفَرَجُ الوارِدُ مِنّا قَريب

And if there is rest in our death,

And if there is solace in our death

then the coming relief is close to us.

Relief arising from us is near

هَل مِن عَريبٍ أَو ذَوي جُرهُمٍ

هَل مِن عَريبٍ أَو ذَوي جُرهُمٍ

أَو إِرَم أَو آلِ طَسمٍ عَريب

أَو إِرَم أَو آلِ طَسمٍ عَريب

Is there, of ʿArīb or the people of Jurhum,

Is there an Arab or a noble tribe

or Iram or the clan of Ṭasm, a single soul left?

Or an Aramite or an Arab from Tasm