طالت لياليك والأيام يا صاحي

طالت لياليك والأيام يا صاحي

فاغنم بقية إمساء وإصباح

فاغنم بقية إمساء وإصباح

Long have your nights and days stretched on, my friend.

Your nights and days have grown long, O my friend.

So make the most of what remains, evening and morning;

So make the most of the evenings and mornings that remain.

واصرف بقية عمر لإبقاء له

واصرف بقية عمر لإبقاء له

في طاعات اللَه واعص اللائم اللاحي

في طاعات اللَه واعص اللائم اللاحي

devote the rest of your life to what will make it endure,

And spend the remainder of your life so that it may endure,

through obedience to God; ignore the blamer, the reproaching censor.

In acts of obedience to God, and defy the fault-finding reproacher.

واقبل على اللَه رب العرش خالقنا

واقبل على اللَه رب العرش خالقنا

مدبر الأمر عن طول وإصلاح

مدبر الأمر عن طول وإصلاح

Turn to God, Lord of the Throne, our Creator,

And turn toward God, Lord of the Throne, our Creator,

Governor of all affairs in sovereign power, setting all aright.

Who directs affairs with bounty and sets them right.

وقدم الخير واعمل للمعاد ولل

وقدم الخير واعمل للمعاد ولل

خلد المؤبد في روح وأفراح

خلد المؤبد في روح وأفراح

Send good ahead, and labor for the Resurrection—and for

And send good deeds ahead, and work for the hereafter and for

everlasting life, made eternal, amid repose and joys;

Everlasting life in repose and joys,

وجنة ملئت بالطيبات من ال

وجنة ملئت بالطيبات من ال

قصور والروح والألبان والراح

قصور والروح والألبان والراح

and a Garden filled with delights, among them

And a garden filled with good things, including the

palaces, repose, milk, and wine;

Palaces, repose, milk, and wine,

والفوز والقرب والرضوان من ملك

والفوز والقرب والرضوان من ملك

مهين واحد للخير فتاح

مهين واحد للخير فتاح

triumph, nearness, and favor from a King

And triumph, nearness, and favor from a King

who humbles—the One, the great Opener of every good;

Who humbles, is One, and opens the way to good.

مع النجاة من النار التي برزت

مع النجاة من النار التي برزت

للظالمين مع خزي وإفضاح

للظالمين مع خزي وإفضاح

together with deliverance from the Fire that has loomed forth

Along with deliverance from the Fire made manifest

for the wrongdoers, with disgrace and public exposure.

For the wrongdoers, with disgrace and public shame.

فيها العقارب والحيات تنهشهم

فيها العقارب والحيات تنهشهم

عم العذاب لأجساد وأرواح

عم العذاب لأجساد وأرواح

Within it, scorpions and serpents tear at them;

In it, scorpions and snakes bite them;

punishment engulfs bodies and souls.

Torment has spread through bodies and souls.

أحاطت النار من كل الجهات بهم

أحاطت النار من كل الجهات بهم

سحقاً لهم أسرى هم وأتراح

سحقاً لهم أسرى هم وأتراح

The Fire has surrounded them on every side.

The Fire has surrounded them on every side.

Perdition upon them—captives they are, beset by grief.

Perdition to them—captives of worry and sorrows!

لما عصوا ربهم ذا البطش أسكنهم

لما عصوا ربهم ذا البطش أسكنهم

دار البوار ومأوى كل مجتاح

دار البوار ومأوى كل مجتاح

Because they defied their Lord, Possessor of terrible might, He lodged them

When they disobeyed their Lord, mighty in punishment, He lodged them

in the abode of ruin, the dwelling of every ravager

In the abode of ruin and the dwelling of every ruined one

لم يتبع لرسول اللَه صفوته

لم يتبع لرسول اللَه صفوته

محمد المصطفى العاقب الماحي

محمد المصطفى العاقب الماحي

who did not follow God’s Messenger, His chosen one:

Who did not follow God's Messenger, His chosen one,

Muhammad the Chosen, the Last, the Effacer.

Muhammad, the Chosen One, the Last, the Effacer.

عليه أزكى صلاة اللَه ما هطلت

عليه أزكى صلاة اللَه ما هطلت

سحابة أو صبا غصن بأرياح

سحابة أو صبا غصن بأرياح

Upon him be God’s purest blessing whenever

May God's purest blessing be upon him, as long as rain falls

a cloud pours rain, or winds make a bough sway.

From a cloud, or a branch sways in the winds.