حجبت ونور الحق أبلجُ واضحُ

حجبت ونور الحق أبلجُ واضحُ

فلا الصدرُ مشروحٌ ولا السعي ناجحُ

فلا الصدرُ مشروحٌ ولا السعي ناجحُ

You are veiled, while the light of truth is radiant and clear.

You veiled yourself, though the light of truth shone bright and clear,

So your breast is not at ease, nor is your striving successful.

So neither is my heart relieved, nor my efforts prospering here.

حُسامُكَ في حَربِ الجهالةِ صارِمٌ

حُسامُكَ في حَربِ الجهالةِ صارِمٌ

وطرفُكَ في شأوِ البَطَالَةِ جامحُ

وطرفُكَ في شأوِ البَطَالَةِ جامحُ

Your sword is keen in the war of ignorance.

Your sword in the war against ignorance stays sharp and bare,

And your steed runs wild in the race of idleness.

While your glance at the state of idleness remains fierce and severe.

حرمت فلا وَجهُ عَن الغي صادفُ

حرمت فلا وَجهُ عَن الغي صادفُ

وغبتَ فلا القلبُ إلى الرُّشدِ جانحُ

وغبتَ فلا القلبُ إلى الرُّشدِ جانحُ

You are deprived, so your face does not turn away from error.

You disappeared, so no face looks away from error and vice,

And you are absent, so your heart does not incline toward right guidance.

And you went missing, so no heart now inclines toward what is right.

حِذارِ حذارِ إنَّ لِلقَبرِ ضَمَّةً

حِذارِ حذارِ إنَّ لِلقَبرِ ضَمَّةً

إذَا نضدت فيه عليك الصفائحُ

إذَا نضدت فيه عليك الصفائحُ

Beware, beware! Indeed, the grave has a constricting embrace,

Beware, beware, for the grave surely has a grip,

When the slabs are laid over you within it.

When the planks are nailed over you inside it, watertight.

حسابُكَ مسطورٌ فلا تنسَ يَومَهُ

حسابُكَ مسطورٌ فلا تنسَ يَومَهُ

وقد شَهِدَتبالحقِّ فيهِ الجوارحُ

وقد شَهِدَتبالحقِّ فيهِ الجوارحُ

Your reckoning is written down, so do not forget its day,

Your account is recorded, so forget not the day,

And therein your limbs have indeed borne witness to the truth.

When all your senses will testify to the truth on display.