ما لِيَ في الناسِ كُلُّهُم مَثَلُ

مائي عُقارٌ وَنُقلِيَ القُبَلُ

All the people are the same to me

I have no likeness among all of mankind,

My poison is water, my kiss is a curse

My water is wine, and my morsels are kisses,

كَذاكَ حَتّى إِذا العُيونُ غَفَت

وَحانَ نَومي فَمَفرَشي كَفَلُ

So it is, until when the eyes close

And so it remains, until eyes drift into slumber,

And my sleep comes, so my bed is a shackle

And when my sleep draws near, my mattress is a lover's haunch,

يا أَيُّها الناسُ بادِروا أَجَلاً

فَكُلُّ نَفسٍ وَرائَها أَجَلُ

O people! Rush to your fate

O people, make haste before the appointed term,

For after each soul, a fate waits

For every soul is pursued by a destined end,

لِيَحمَدِ اللَهَ مُنكُمُ رَجُلٌ

ساعَدَهُ في حَبيبِهِ الأَمَلُ

Let a man among you praise God

And let that man among you give praise to God,

Whose helper was hope for his beloved

Whose hope has aided him in winning his beloved.