إِنَّ السَلامَةَ أَن تَرضى بِما قُضِيا
لَيَسلَمَنَّ بِإِذنِ اللَهِ مَن رَضِيا
To be safe is to accept what's been decreed
Who is content will be safe, God willing, indeed
المَرءُ يَأمُلُ وَالآمالُ كاذِبَةٌ
وَالمَرءُ تَصحَبُهُ الآمالُ ما بَقِيا
A man may hope though hopes are often lies
And hopes persist for one until he dies
يا رُبَّ باكٍ عَلى مَيتٍ وَباكِيَةٍ
لَم يَلبَثا بَعدَ ذاكَ المَيتِ أَن بُكِيا
Oh Lord, here are mourners weeping o’er the dead
Not long ago it was they who tears were shed
وَرُبَّ ناعٍ نَعى حيناً أَحِبَّتَهُ
ما زالَ يَنعى إِلى أَن قيلَ قَد نُعِيا
And one who laments will soon lament no more
When it is said, alas he's gone before
عِلمي بِأَنّي أَذوقُ المَوتَ نَغَّصَ لي
طيبَ الحَياةِ فَما تَصفو الحَياةُ لِيا
The knowledge I will taste of death severs
The sweet in life, and life feels not so sweet
كَم مِن أَخٍ تَغتَذي دودُ التُرابِ بِهِ
وَكانَ حَيّاً بِحُلوِ العَيشِ مُغتَذِيا
Many a brother is now but food for worms
Though life once fed his hopes and kept them firm
يَبلى مَعَ المَيتِ ذِكرُ الذاكِرينَ لَهُ
مَن غابَ غَيبَةَ مَن لا يُرتَجى نُسِيا
With death memory of the dead then fades
Who's long unseen is as one no more delayed
مَن ماتَ ماتَ رَجاءُ الناسِ مِنهُ فَوَل
لَوهُ الجَفاءَ وَمَن لا يُرتَجى جُفِيا
When one has died men's hopes in him then die
Left to neglect when no more expected nigh
إِنَّ الرَحيلَ عَنِ الدُنيا لَيُزعِجُني
إِن لَم يَكُن رائِحاً بي كانَ مُغتَدِيا
It troubles me to leave this mortal world
Though I depart I wished a while to stay
الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ طوبى لِلسَعيدِ وَمَن
لَم يُسعِدِ اللَهُ بِالتَقوى فَقَد شَقِيا
All praise to God! Joy to the fortunate!
Without God's guidance miserable one's fate
كَم غافِلٍ عَن حِياضِ المَوتِ في لَعِبٍ
يُمسي وَيُصبِحُ رَكّاباً لِما هَوِيا
How heedless some are of death's coming tide
Morn and eve riding what shall be their ride
وَمُنقَضٍ ما تَراهُ العَينُ مُنقَطِعٌ
ما كُلُّ شَيءٍ يُرى إِلّا لِيَنقَضِيا
What is seen shall cease though now clearly viewed
All that appears only to disappear
