1. رَبِّ مَتى أَرحَلُ عَن هَذِهِ ال

    دُنيا فَإِنّي قَد أَطَلتُ المُقام

    My Lord, when shall I depart from this

    world? For I have stayed too long.

  2. لَم أَدرِ ما نَجمي وَلَكِنَّهُ

    في النَحسِ مُذ كانَ جَرى وَاِستَقام

    I do not know what my star is, but it

    has run a steady course in ill fortune since it came to be.

  3. فَلا صَديقٌ يَتَرَجّى يَدي

    وَلا عَدُوٌّ يَتَخَشّى اِنتِقام

    So no friend looks to my hand with hope,

    and no enemy fears revenge.

  4. وَالعَيشُ سُقمٌ لِلفَتى مُنصِبٌ

    وَالمَوتُ يَأتي بِشِفاءِ السَقام

    And life is an exhausting sickness for a young man,

    and death comes with a cure for the sickness.

  5. وَالتُربُ مَثوايَ وَمَثواهُمُ

    وَما رَأَينا أَحَداً مِنهُ قام

    And the dust is my resting place and theirs,

    and we have seen no one rise from it.