يَدُلُّ عَلى فَضلِ المَماتِ وَكَونِهِ

يَدُلُّ عَلى فَضلِ المَماتِ وَكَونِهِ

إِراحَةَ جِسمٍ أَنَّ مَسلَكَهُ صَعبُ

إِراحَةَ جِسمٍ أَنَّ مَسلَكَهُ صَعبُ

What attests to death's merit and to its being

It indicates the virtue of death and that it

Rest for the body is that the path to it is hard.

Is a relief for the body that its path is arduous

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ المَجدَ تَلَقّاكَ دونَهُ

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ المَجدَ تَلَقّاكَ دونَهُ

شَدائِدُ مِن أَمثالِها وَجَبَ الرُعبُ

شَدائِدُ مِن أَمثالِها وَجَبَ الرُعبُ

Have you not seen that, before you reach glory, you encounter

Have you not seen that glory awaits you after it

Hardships whose like warrant terror?

Through tribulations like it, fear became a duty

إِذا اِفتَرَقَت أَجزاؤُنا حُطَّ ثُقلُنا

إِذا اِفتَرَقَت أَجزاؤُنا حُطَّ ثُقلُنا

وَنَحمِلُ عِبئاً حينَ يَلتَئِمُ الشَعبُ

وَنَحمِلُ عِبئاً حينَ يَلتَئِمُ الشَعبُ

When our parts separate, our burden is lifted;

When our parts separate, our burden lightens

And we bear a load when the rift closes.

And we bear a load when the nation unites

وَأَمسِ ثَوى راعيكَ وَهوَ مُوَدِّعٌ

وَأَمسِ ثَوى راعيكَ وَهوَ مُوَدِّعٌ

وَلَو كانَ حَيّاً قامَ في يَدِهِ قَعبُ

وَلَو كانَ حَيّاً قامَ في يَدِهِ قَعبُ

And yesterday your shepherd lay at rest, bidding farewell;

Yesterday, your shepherd passed away while bidding farewell

And were he alive, a wooden bowl would stand in his hand.

And if he were alive, a staff would be in his hand