حَسبي مِنَ الجَهلِ عِلمي أَن آخِرَتي

حَسبي مِنَ الجَهلِ عِلمي أَن آخِرَتي

هِيَ المَآلُ وَأَنّي لا أُراعيها

هِيَ المَآلُ وَأَنّي لا أُراعيها

It is ignorance enough for me to know that my afterlife

My knowledge of ignorance is enough for me

Is the final destination, yet I give it no heed;

That my fate is my destination, though I do not heed it,

وَأَنَّ دُنيايَ دارٌ لا قَرارَ بِها

وَأَنَّ دُنيايَ دارٌ لا قَرارَ بِها

وَما أَزالُ مُعَنّاً في مَساعيها

وَما أَزالُ مُعَنّاً في مَساعيها

And that my worldly life is a dwelling with no permanence,

And that my worldly life is an abode without stability,

Yet I remain wearied in its pursuits.

Yet I continue to pursue its empty efforts.

كَذَلِكَ النَفسُ مازالَت مُعَلَّلَةً

كَذَلِكَ النَفسُ مازالَت مُعَلَّلَةً

بِباطِلِ العَيشِ حَتّى قامَ ناعيها

بِباطِلِ العَيشِ حَتّى قامَ ناعيها

Likewise, the soul remained beguiled

Thus is the soul always excusing itself

By life's vanities, until the herald of its death arose.

With the futility of life, until its end comes upon it.

يا أُمَّةً مِن سَفاهٍ لا حُلومَ لَها

يا أُمَّةً مِن سَفاهٍ لا حُلومَ لَها

ما أَنتِ إِلّا كَضَأنٍ غابَ راعيها

ما أَنتِ إِلّا كَضَأنٍ غابَ راعيها

O nation, whose folly leaves it without judgment,

O nation steeped in foolishness without any wisdom,

You are but like sheep whose shepherd is absent.

You are but sheep gone astray without a shepherd.

تُدعى لِخَيرٍ فَلا تَصغى لَهُ أُذُناً

تُدعى لِخَيرٍ فَلا تَصغى لَهُ أُذُناً

فَما يُنادي لِغَيرِ الشَرِّ داعيها

فَما يُنادي لِغَيرِ الشَرِّ داعيها

You are called to goodness, yet lend it no ear;

You are called to good, but you do not lend an ear,

So its summoner calls for nothing but evil.

So none call you except those who summon you to evil.