قالَ المُنَجِّمُ وَالطَبيبُ كِلاهُما

قالَ المُنَجِّمُ وَالطَبيبُ كِلاهُما

لا تُحشَرُ الأَجسادُ قُلتُ إِلَيكُما

لا تُحشَرُ الأَجسادُ قُلتُ إِلَيكُما

The astrologer and the physician both said:

The astrologer and the doctor both said,

“Bodies will not be resurrected.” I said, “Away with you both!”

"Bodies will not be resurrected." I said to them,

إِن صَحَّ قَولُكُما فَلَستُ بِخاسِرٍ

إِن صَحَّ قَولُكُما فَلَستُ بِخاسِرٍ

أَو صَحَّ قَولي فَالخُسارُ عَلَيكُما

أَو صَحَّ قَولي فَالخُسارُ عَلَيكُما

If what you both say is true, I am not at a loss;

"If what you say is true, I have lost nothing;

or if what I say is true, the loss falls on you both.

Or if what I say is true, the loss is upon you both."

طَهَّرتُ ثَوبي لِلصَلاةِ وَقَبلَهُ

طَهَّرتُ ثَوبي لِلصَلاةِ وَقَبلَهُ

طُهرٌ فَأَينَ الطُهرُ مِن جَسَدَيكُما

طُهرٌ فَأَينَ الطُهرُ مِن جَسَدَيكُما

I purified my garment for prayer, and before that

I purified my garment for prayer and faced it;

came purification; where, then, is purity in your two bodies?

It is pure. So where is the purity in both your bodies?

وَذَكَرتُ رَبّي في الضَمائِرِ مُؤنِساً

وَذَكَرتُ رَبّي في الضَمائِرِ مُؤنِساً

خَلَدي بِذاكَ فَأَوحِشا خَلَدَيكُما

خَلَدي بِذاكَ فَأَوحِشا خَلَدَيكُما

And I remembered my Lord in my inmost thoughts, comforting

And I remembered my Lord in consciences as a companion;

my heart thereby; so leave your two hearts desolate.

With that he made my eternity pleasant, while he made both your eternities desolate.

وَبَكرتُ في البَردَينِ أَبغي رَحمَةً

وَبَكرتُ في البَردَينِ أَبغي رَحمَةً

مِنهُ وَلا تُرَعانِ في بُردَيكُما

مِنهُ وَلا تُرَعانِ في بُردَيكُما

And I set out early in the two cool hours, seeking mercy

And I woke up early in the two cold seasons seeking mercy from Him,

from Him, while you two remain untroubled in your cloaks.

While you two are not protecting yourselves from the cold in your two garments.

إِن لَم تَعُد بِيَدي مَنافِعُ بِالَّذي

إِن لَم تَعُد بِيَدي مَنافِعُ بِالَّذي

آتي فَهَل مِن عائِدٍ بِيَدَيكُما

آتي فَهَل مِن عائِدٍ بِيَدَيكُما

If no benefits return to my hand through what

If the benefits do not return to me by what I do,

I do, is there any return to your two hands?

Is there one who can bring them back by your two hands?

بُردُ التَقِيِّ وَإِن تَهَلَّلَ نَسجُهُ

بُردُ التَقِيِّ وَإِن تَهَلَّلَ نَسجُهُ

خَيرٌ بِعِلمِ اللَهِ مِن بُردَيكُما

خَيرٌ بِعِلمِ اللَهِ مِن بُردَيكُما

The pious man's cloak, though its weave is threadbare,

The cold of the pious, even if its weave is worn out,

is better, in God's knowledge, than your two cloaks.

Is better, by God's knowledge, than both your garments.