أَقيكَ بِنَفسيَ صَرفَ الرَدى

أَقيكَ بِنَفسيَ صَرفَ الرَدى

وَحاشاكَ يا أَمَلي أَن تَحينا

وَحاشاكَ يا أَمَلي أَن تَحينا

With my own life, I shield you from the blows of death;

I shield you with my own life from the ravages of death.

Far be it from you, my hope, ever to perish.

And far be it from you, O my hope, to perish.

وَقُدِّمتُ قَبلَكَ نَحوَ الحِمامِ

وَقُدِّمتُ قَبلَكَ نَحوَ الحِمامِ

وَبَعدَ مَماتي فَعِش أَنتَ حِينا

وَبَعدَ مَماتي فَعِش أَنتَ حِينا

May I be sent before you to meet my doom;

And may I be sent before you toward death.

And after I die, may you live on awhile.

And after my death, live on for a while.