يا مَن يُضَيِّعُ عمرَهُ

مُتمادياً باللَّهوِ أَمسِكْ

O you who squanders his life

Persisting in frivolity, stop!

واعلم بأنَّك لا محا

لَةَ ذاهِبٌ كذَهابِ أمَسِكْ

Know that you cannot escape -

You're going just like yesterday went, stop!