نَسأَلُ اللَهَ بِما يَقضي الرِضى

حَسبِيَ اللَهُ فَما شاءَ قَضى

We ask Allah for what brings satisfaction

Allah is enough for me, whatever He decrees

قَد أَرَدنا فَأبى اللَهُ لَنا

وَأَرادَ اللَهُ شَيئاً فَمَضى

We intended, but Allah refused for us

And Allah willed something, so it was done

رُبَّ أَمرٍ بِتُّ قَد أَبرَمتُهُ

ثُمَّ ما أَسبَحتُ حَتّى انتَقَضا

How often I tied a firm knot

Then did not wake until it came undone

كَم وَكَم مِن هَنَةٍ مَحقورَةٍ

تَرَكَت قَوماً كَثيراً حَرَضا

So many resolved matters

Left many people stirred up

رُبَّ عَيشٍ لِأُناسٍ سَلَفوا

كانَ ثُمَّ انقَرَضوا وَانقَرَضا

Lives of past peoples

Existed, then vanished and were gone

عَجَباً لِلمَوتِ ما أَفظَعَهُ

مَن رَأَينا ماتَ إِلّا رُفِضا

How terrible death is

Whoever we saw died, dispatched away

رُفِضَ المَيِّتُ مِن ساعَتِهِ

وَجَفاهُ أَهلُهُ حينَ قَضى

The dead is cast off in his hour

His family abandons him when he's gone

شَرُّ أَيّامي هُوَ اليَومُ الَّذي

أَقبَلُ الدُنيا بِديني عِوَضا

The worst of my days is when

I face the world as recompense for my debt