مسافة الشمس دون أقربه

مسافة الشمس دون أقربه

وإن دعونا أعارنا أذنه

وإن دعونا أعارنا أذنه

The sun is closer than he is at his nearest.

The sun is distant, without its nearest

And if we call, he lends us his ear.

And if they call us, we lend them our ear

القلب قبرٌ وأنت ساكنه

القلب قبرٌ وأنت ساكنه

لا يبرح القبر ميتٌ سكنه

لا يبرح القبر ميتٌ سكنه

The heart is a grave, and you are its dweller;

The heart is a grave, and you are its dweller

no dead man who has dwelt there leaves the grave.

The dead do not leave their grave dwellings

ما مر يومٌ بما يصرفه

ما مر يومٌ بما يصرفه

إلّا جعلناك فيه ممتحنه

إلّا جعلناك فيه ممتحنه

No day has passed, whatever its vicissitudes,

No day has passed with something to divert it

but we made you its examiner that day.

Except we made you therein a tester

أو راقنا ثوبه ونضرته

أو راقنا ثوبه ونضرته

ألا رأينا في ثوبه كفنه

ألا رأينا في ثوبه كفنه

Or, if its robe and freshness charmed us,

Or we cast off its clothes and splendor

lo, we saw its shroud within its robe.

Unless we saw in its clothes its shroud

آليت لا يستخفني أملٌ

آليت لا يستخفني أملٌ

في الغد أو تستغرني حسنه

في الغد أو تستغرني حسنه

I have sworn that no hope will carry me away

I have resolved no hope can hide from me

for tomorrow, nor will its charms beguile me.

Of tomorrow or charm me with its beauty

الدهر لولا الآمال مشتبهٌ

الدهر لولا الآمال مشتبهٌ

والمرء في نسفه يرى زمنه

والمرء في نسفه يرى زمنه

Time, but for hopes, would be all alike;

Time but for hopes would be ambiguous

and a man sees his time in his destruction.

And man in his end sees his time