لِمَ لا نُبادِرُ ما نَراهُ يَفوتُ

إِذ نَحنُ نَعلَمُ أَنَّنا سَنَموتُ

Why do we not hasten what we see slipping away

When we know that we will die

مَن لَم يُوالِ اللَهَ وَالرُسُلَ الَّتي

نَصَحَت لَهُ فَوَلِيُّهُ الطاغوتُ

Whoever does not befriend Allah and the messengers

Who advised him, his master is Satan

عُلَماؤُنا مِنّا يَرونَ عَجائِباً

وَهُمُ عَلى ما يُبصِرونَ سُكوتُ

Our scholars see wonders among us

Yet they stay silent about what they witness

تَفنيهُمُ الدُنيا بِوَشكِ زَوالِها

فَجَميعُهُم بِغُرورِها مَبهوتُ

The life of this world destroys them when it passes

So all of them are deluded by its deception

وَبِحَسبِ مَن يَسمو إِلى الشَهَواتِ ما

يَكفيهِ مِن شَهَواتِهِ وَيَقوتُ

And it is enough for those who aspire to passions

What passions suffice them and sustain them

يا بَرزَخَ المَوتى الَّذي نَزَلوا بِهِ

فَهُمُ رُقودٌ في ثَراهُ خُفوتُ

O intermediate realm of the deceased who descended into it

So they lay asleep in its burial grounds, hidden

كَم فيكَ مِمَّن كانَ يوصَلُ حَبلُهُ

قَد صارَ بَعدُ وَحَبلُهُ مَبتوتُ

How many used to connect their rope

But later, their rope was cut off