سِرُّ حَياةٍ وشَرُّ مَوتٍ

حياةُ نَفسٍ وَمَوْتُ قلبِ

The secret of life and the evil of death

The life of a soul and the death of a heart

حِزْبان مِن باطلٍ وحَقٍّ

ما بَرِحَا في عظيمِ حَرْبِ

Two parties of falsehood and truth

That have not ceased their mighty war

فَكَوْنُ ذا في نعيمِ رُوحٍ

بكَوْنِ ذا في أليم كَرْبِ

So the being of this one is in the bliss of spirit

And the being of that one is in the painful suffering