أَبا صالحٍ جاءَتْ على الناسِ غَفلةٌ

على غفلةٍ بانَتْ بكلِّ كريمِ

O Abu Salih, negligence has overcome the people

With negligence manifest in every noble one

فليتَ الأُلى باتُوا يُفادونَ بالأُلى

أقامُوا فيُفدَى ظاعِنٌ بمُقيمِ

If only the afflicted were ransomed with the afflicted

They stayed so the lost one would be ransomed with one who stayed

ويا ليْتَها الكُبرى فُتطوى سَماؤُنَا

لها وتُمدُّ الأَرضُ مدَّ أَديمِ

Oh, if only it were the greatest one, so our sky would be folded

For it and the earth would stretch with the stretch of leather

فما الموتُ إلا عيشُ كل مُبخَّلٍ

وما العَيشُ إلا موتُ كلِّ ذَميمِ

For death is but the life of every miser

And life is but the death of every despicable one