مَضى أَمسُكَ الماضي شَهيداً مُعَدَّلاً

مَضى أَمسُكَ الماضي شَهيداً مُعَدَّلاً

وَأَعقَبَهُ يَومٌ عَلَيكَ جَديدُ

وَأَعقَبَهُ يَومٌ عَلَيكَ جَديدُ

Your bygone yesterday has passed as a trustworthy witness,

Your yesterday passed away, amended and a martyr,

And a new day has followed it for you.

And after it came a new day upon you.

فَإن كُنتَ بِالأَمسِ اِقتَرَفتَ إِساءةً

فَإن كُنتَ بِالأَمسِ اِقتَرَفتَ إِساءةً

فَثَنِّ بِإِحسانٍ وَأَنتَ حَميدُ

فَثَنِّ بِإِحسانٍ وَأَنتَ حَميدُ

So if yesterday you committed a wrong,

So if yesterday you committed a misdeed,

Then follow it with a good deed, and you will be worthy of praise.

Make amends with goodness while you are praised.

فَيَومُكَ إِن أَغنَيتَهُ عادَ نَفعه

فَيَومُكَ إِن أَغنَيتَهُ عادَ نَفعه

عَلَيكَ وَماضي الأَمسِ لَيسَ يَعودُ

عَلَيكَ وَماضي الأَمسِ لَيسَ يَعودُ

For if you enrich your day, its benefit returns

For if you make your day profitable, its benefit

To you, but bygone yesterday does not return.

Returns to you, and yesterday of the past will not come back.

وَلا تُرجِ فِعلَ الخَيرِ يَوماً إِلى غَدٍ

وَلا تُرجِ فِعلَ الخَيرِ يَوماً إِلى غَدٍ

لَعَلَّ غَداً يَأتي وَأَنتَ فَقيدُ

لَعَلَّ غَداً يَأتي وَأَنتَ فَقيدُ

And never put off doing good until tomorrow:

And do not postpone the doing of good to another day,

Perhaps tomorrow will come when you are no more.

Lest tomorrow comes while you are lost.

إِذا ما المَنايا أَخطَأَتكَ وَصادَفَت

إِذا ما المَنايا أَخطَأَتكَ وَصادَفَت

حَميمَكَ فَاِعلَم أَنَّها سَتَعودُ

حَميمَكَ فَاِعلَم أَنَّها سَتَعودُ

When the fates of death miss you and encounter

When death misses you and encounters

Your dear friend, then know that they will return.

Your bosom friend, know that it will return.