1. أَلا إِنَّ السِباقَ سِباقُ زُهدٍ

    وَما في غَيرِ ذَلِكَ مِن سِباقِ

    Behold, the race is truly a race in renunciation;

    and there is no race in anything other than that.

  2. وَيَفنى ما حَواهُ المُلكُ أَصلاً

    وَفِعلُ الخَيرِ عِندَ اللَهِ باقِ

    And all that dominion holds will utterly perish;

    but doing good endures with God.

  3. سَتَألَفُكَ النَدامَةُ عَن قَريبٍ

    وَتَشهَقُ حَسرَةً يَومَ المَساقِ

    Remorse will soon become your companion,

    and you will gasp in anguish on the day you are driven forth.

  4. أَتَدري أَيُّ ذاكَ اليَومِ فَكِّر

    وَأَيقِن أَنَّهُ يَومُ الفِراقِ

    Do you know what that day is? Reflect,

    and be certain that it is the day of parting:

  5. فِراقٌ لَيسَ يُشبِهُهُ فِراقٌ

    قَدِ اِنقَطَعَ الرَجاءُ عَنِ التَلاقي

    a parting unlike any other parting;

    hope of meeting again has been cut off.