يا راكِبَ الغَيِّ غَيرَ مُتَّئِدِ
شَتّانَ بَينَ الضَلالِ وَالرَشَدِ
O rider of folly, not guided aright
How vast the difference 'twixt misguidance and right
حَسبُكَ ما قَد أَتَيتَ مُعتَمِداً
فَاِستَغفِرِ اللَهَ ثُمَّ لا تَعُدِ
Suffice you what you have done, misled
So seek God's forgiveness, then sin no more
يا ذا الَّذي نَقصُهُ زِيادَتُهُ
إِن كُنتَ لَم تَنتَقِص فَلَم تَزِدِ
O you whose increase is but decrease!
If you but lessen not, you shall not increase
عَجِبتُ مِن آمِلٍ وَواعِظُهُ ال
مَوتُ فَلَم يَتَّعِظ وَلَم يَكَدِ
I wonder at one hopeful, his warner Death
Yet heeds not, nor strives as he ought
ما أَسرَعَ اللَيلَ وَالنَهارَ بِسا
عاتٍ قِصارٍ تَأتي عَلى الأَمَدِ
How swift are night and day with moments brief
That come upon hopes however long drawn
لَيَجرِيَنَّ البَلى عَلَينا بِما
كانَ جَرى قَبلَنا عَلى لُبَدِ
Old age shall surely beset us with what
Befell those before on the aged earth
يا مَوتُ يا مَوتُ كَم أَخي ثِقَةٍ
كَلَّفَني غَمضَ عَينِهِ بِيَدي
O Death, O Death, how many a trusted friend
Has charged me, closing his eyes by my hand
يا مَوتُ يا مَوتُ كَم أَضَفتَ إِلى ال
قِلَّةِ مِن ثَروَةٍ وَمِن كَبِدِ
O Death, O Death, how much have you added
To paucity of wealth and of heart grieved
يا مَوتُ يا مَوتُ كَم لِوَخزِكَ مِن
قَلبٍ جَريحٍ يَدمى وَمِن كَبِدِ
O Death, O Death, how many a wounded heart
Bleeds and how many a liver pained by your sting
يا مَوتُ يا مَوتُ صَبَّحَتنا بِكَ ال
شَمسُ وَمَسَّت كَواكِبُ الأَسَدِ
O Death, O Death, the sun rose upon us by you
And stars of Leo set 'neath your embrace
يا مَوتُ يا مَوتُ لا أَراكَ مِنَ ال
خَلقِ جَميعاً تُبقي عَلى أَحَدِ
O Death, O Death, I see none in creation
You spare, leaving on earth anyone
الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ دائِماً أَبَداً
قَد يَصِفُ القَصدَ غَيرَ مُقتَصِدِ
Praise be to God, for ever and aye
The rightly guided may miss the right way
مَن يَستَنِر بِالهُدى يُنِرهُ وَمَن
يَبغِ إِلى اللَهِ مَطلَباً يَجِدِ
Whoso seeks light, is lit up by its glow
Whoso longs for God, shall find and shall know
