أَسِفتُ عَلى أَيّامِ عُمر تَصَرَّمَت

أَسِفتُ عَلى أَيّامِ عُمر تَصَرَّمَت

فَآهٍ عَلَيها لِيَّها كانَت تَقبلُ

فَآهٍ عَلَيها لِيَّها كانَت تَقبلُ

I lamented the days of my life that have passed away.

I regret the days of my life that have passed

So, ah for them—if only they would return!

Alas for them, if only they would return

لَأَودَعَها خِيراً أَفوزُ بِأَجرِهِ

لَأَودَعَها خِيراً أَفوزُ بِأَجرِهِ

إِذا جَزا الإِنسانُ ما كانَ يَفعَلُ

إِذا جَزا الإِنسانُ ما كانَ يَفعَلُ

I would store goodness in them and gain its reward,

So I could fill them with good, and reap its reward

when a person is recompensed for what he used to do.

When man is rewarded for what he used to do

لَقَد ظَنَّ أَهلُ الزيغِ وَالشَكِّ أَنَّهُم

لَقَد ظَنَّ أَهلُ الزيغِ وَالشَكِّ أَنَّهُم

إِذا قُبَروا لا يَبعَثونَ لِيُسئَلوا

إِذا قُبَروا لا يَبعَثونَ لِيُسئَلوا

Indeed, those given to error and doubt supposed that they

Indeed those who stray and doubt thought

when buried, would not be raised to be questioned.

That when buried, they will not be resurrected and questioned

فَسُحقاً لَهُم ما كانَ أَردى عُقولَهُم

فَسُحقاً لَهُم ما كانَ أَردى عُقولَهُم

أَيَخلُقُ هَذا الخَلقَ رَبّي وَيُهمِلُ

أَيَخلُقُ هَذا الخَلقَ رَبّي وَيُهمِلُ

So away with them! How wretched their minds were!

Wretched are they, how lost are their minds

Would my Lord create this creation and neglect it?

Would my Lord create this creation and neglect it?

فَلا بُدَّ مِن بَعثٍ وَنارٍ وَجَنَّةٍ

فَلا بُدَّ مِن بَعثٍ وَنارٍ وَجَنَّةٍ

وَتَنعيم مَن بِالحَقِّ يَقضي وَيَعدِلُ

وَتَنعيم مَن بِالحَقِّ يَقضي وَيَعدِلُ

So resurrection, Hellfire, and Paradise are inevitable,

There must be resurrection, hellfire, and heaven

and bliss for whoever judges by truth and acts justly,

And bliss for those who judge justly as promised

وَتَعذيبُ مَن لا يَتَّقي اللَهَ رَبَّهُ

وَتَعذيبُ مَن لا يَتَّقي اللَهَ رَبَّهُ

وَعَن حَقِّ مَولاهُ المُهينُ يَغفَلُ

وَعَن حَقِّ مَولاهُ المُهينُ يَغفَلُ

and punishment for whoever does not fear God, his Lord,

And punishment for those who do not fear God their Lord

and scornfully neglects what is due to his Master.

And forget the rights of their Master, disdaining His command