1. Your ambitious eyes have betrayed you
O impulsive heart
١. خانَكَ الطَرفُ الطَموحُ
أَيُّها القَلبُ الجَموحُ
2. To the motives of good and evil
Drawing near and recoiling
٢. لِدَواعي الخَيرِ وَالشَر
رِ دُنُوٌّ وَنُزوحُ
3. Can one who sins hope
For repentance from Him that is pure?
٣. هَل لِمَطلوبٍ بِذَنبٍ
تَوبَةٌ مِنهُ نَصوحُ
4. How can hearts be reformed
When they are but wounds?
٤. كَيفَ إِصلاحُ قُلوبٍ
إِنَّما هُنَّ قُروحُ
5. God has been good to us that
Our sins do not diffuse
٥. أَحسَنَ اللَهُ بِنا أَن
نَ الخَطايا لا تَفوحُ
6. When the hidden among us
Is exposed in his clothes
٦. فَإِذا المَستورُ مِنّا
بَينَ ثَوبَيهِ فُضوحُ
7. How many honored ones have we seen
Whose covers were removed from them
٧. كَم رَأَينا مِن عَزيزٍ
طُوِيَت عَنهُ الكُشوحُ
8. The shouter of fate called out
As the eternal complainant shouted
٨. صاحَ مِنهُ بِرَحيلٍ
صائِحُ الدَهرِ الصَدوحُ
9. Some people's death in the earth
Is a conquest over others
٩. مَوتُ بَعضِ الناسِ في الأَر
ضِ عَلى بَعضٍ فُتوحُ
10. Man will one day become
A body without spirit
١٠. سَيَصيرُ المَرءُ يَوماً
جَسَداً ما فيهِ روحُ
11. Before the eyes of every living
Death's sign flashes
١١. بَينَ عَينَي كُلَّ حَيٍّ
عَلَمُ المَوتِ يَلوحُ
12. We are all in neglect while
Death comes and goes
١٢. كُلُّنا في غَفلَةٍ وَال
مَوتُ يَغدِ وَيَروحُ
13. The delusions of worldly life
Are mirages and madness
١٣. لِبَني الدُنيا مِنَ الدُن
يا غَبوقٌ وَصَبوحُ
14. They left in the evening and woke
To find themselves shrouded
١٤. رُحنَ في الوَشيِ وَأَصبَح
نَ عَلَيهِنَّ المُسوحُ
15. Everyone who falls from glory
Has a day of falling
١٥. كُلُّ نَطّاحٍ مِنَ الدَه
رِ لَهُ يَومٌ نَطوحُ
16. Weep for yourself, o wretched one,
If you are wont to weep
١٦. نُح عَلى نَفسِكَ يا مِس
كينُ إِن كُنتَ تَنوحُ
17. You will surely die though you live
As long as Noah lived
١٧. لَتَموتَنَّ وَإِن عُم
مِرتَ ما عُمِّرَ نوحُ