وَمُنتَظِرٍ لِلمَوتِ في كُلِّ ساعَةٍ

يَشيدُ وَيَبني دائِباً وَيُحَصِّنُ

Awaiting death every hour

He builds and fortifies incessantly

لَهُ حينَ تَبلوهُ حَقيقَةُ موقِنٍ

وَأَفعالُهُ أَفعالُ مَن لَيسَ يوقِنُ

When the certainty visits him

His deeds are of one unconvinced

عِيانٌ كَإِنكارٍ وَكَالجَهلِ عِلمُهُ

بِشَكٍّ بِهِ في كُلِّ ما يَتَيَقَّنُ

His knowledge obvious as denial, as ignorance

Doubting with certainty all he ascertains