إِذا حانَ يَومي فَلأُوَسَّد بِمَوضِعٍ

مِنَ الأَرضِ لَم يَحفُر بِهِ أَحَدٌ قَبرا

When my day comes, let me be laid to rest in a place

on earth where no one has ever dug a grave.

هُمُ الناسُ إِن جازاهُمُ اللَهُ بِالَّذي

تَوَخَّوهُ لَم يَرحَم جَهولاً وَلا حَبرا

Such are mankind: if God requites them for what

they deliberately sought, He would spare neither ignorant nor learned.

يَرى عَنَتاً في قُربِ حَيٍّ وَمَيِّتٍ

مِنَ الإِنسِ مَن جَلّى سَرائِرَهُم خُبرا

He finds anguish in the company of the living and the dead—

whoever, knowing humankind, has laid their secrets bare.

فَيا لَيتَني لا أَشهَدُ الحَشرَ فيهِمُ

إِذا بُعِثوا شُعثاً رُؤوسُهُمُ غُبرا

Would that I did not witness the Gathering among them

when they are raised disheveled, their heads dust-covered.

إِذا تَمَّ في ما تُؤنَسُ العَينُ مَضجَعي

فَزِدني هَداكَ اللَهُ مِن سَعَةٍ شُبرا

When my resting place is finished in a spot that comforts the eye,

then—may God guide you—add one span more to its breadth.

وَإِن سَأَلوا عَن مَذهَبي فَهُوَ خَشيَةٌ

مِنَ اللَهِ لا طَوقاً أَبُثُّ وَلا جَبرا

And if they ask about my creed, it is reverent fear

of God: I preach neither human power nor compulsion.