أَصبَحتُ وَاللَهِ مَحسوداً عَلى أَمَدٍ

مِنَ الحَياةِ قَصيرٍ غَيرَ مُمتَدِّ

I have become, by Allah's will, envied

For a short, non-extending life

حَتّى بَقيتُ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ في خَلَفِ

كَأَنَّني بَينَهُم مِن خَشيَةِ وَحدي

Until I remained, by Allah's grace, behind

As if I were among them in fear and solitude

وَما أُفارِقُ يَوماً مَن أُفارِقُهُ

إِلّا حَسِبتُ فراقي آخِرَ العَهدِ

And I never part from anyone

Except I count our parting as the last farewell

اِنظُر إِلَيَّ إِذا أُدرِجتُ في كَفَني

وَاِنظُر إِلَيَّ إِذا أُدرِجتُ في اللَحدِ

Look at me when I am shrouded in my coffin

And look at me when I am laid in the grave

وَاِقعُد قَليلاً وَعايِن مَن يُقيمُ مَعي

مِمَّن يُشَيُّعُ نَعشي مِن ذَوي وُدّي

And sit a little, observing who will stay with me

Of those who walk in my funeral of loved ones

هَيهاتَ كُلُّهُم في شَأنِهِ لعِبٌ

يَرمي التُرابَ وَيَحثوهُ عَلى خَدّي

Alas, they are all busy with their own affairs

Throwing dust and covering my cheeks