1. Present yourself to the terrors of fate, repentant,
And act, for procrastination is not right for you.

2. For how long will you play, while life is but a flashing moment,
And the adviser admonishes you, yet you refuse?

3. The grave is enough for you, if only you were guided by the preacher,
And death suffices, if only you knew affliction.

4. And if you are heedless, then he is a tester for you,
Drawing his bow - how long will you put off answering the call of mortality?

5. His decree rules all creatures - oh, if only
He could prevent the passage of all with life!

6. Like the passage of Ahmed Al-Suheili, who
Wore garments of praise in the world.

7. He who, fearing the allure of his face,
Covered his beauty with the veil of modesty.

8. A being whose perfection the full moon wished to attain,
And whose wonders dazzled all minds.

9. Mortality envied him in the world,
So it hurried to seize his youth.

10. O Lord! The most wretched in need of meeting You
Has no other door to knock upon.

11. So make for him a spring from the overflowing of Your pardon,
Sweeter to drink than the sweet Euphrates.

12. And accept the words of one who called upon You as a chronicler.
Grant him the highest rewards in the most spacious paradise.