إِذا حَرَقَ الهِندِيُّ بِالنارِ نَفسَهُ

إِذا حَرَقَ الهِندِيُّ بِالنارِ نَفسَهُ

فَلَم يَبقَ نَحضٌ لِلتُرابِ وَلا عَظمُ

فَلَم يَبقَ نَحضٌ لِلتُرابِ وَلا عَظمُ

When the Indian has burned himself with fire,

If the Indian burns himself with fire,

When the Hindu burns himself with fire

and neither flesh nor bone remains for the earth,

so neither flesh nor bone remains for the earth,

No shred remains for dust, no bone or ash.

فَهَل هُوَ خاشٍ مِن نَكيرٍ وَمُنكَرٍ

فَهَل هُوَ خاشٍ مِن نَكيرٍ وَمُنكَرٍ

وَضَغطَةِ قَبرٍ لا يَقومُ لَها نَظمُ

وَضَغطَةِ قَبرٍ لا يَقومُ لَها نَظمُ

does he then fear Nakīr and Munkar,

does he then fear Nakir and Munkar,

Does he then fear the Questioners' ire

and a grave's crushing pressure, which no frame can withstand?

and a grave’s crushing squeeze, which no structure can withstand?

Or squeezed inside a grave, its stony clash?