بَلَّغَتْ عَبدَكَ الخطوبُ مداها

يومَ تبليغِكَ النُّفوسَ مُناها

My Lord, worries have reached their limit for Your servant,

On the day You summon souls to their fate.

وتَناهى جَهدُ الحَياةِ بمَنْ لَمْ

يَسعَ فيما رَضِيتَ إِلَّا تَناهى

And life's efforts end for one who hasn't

Aspired beyond what You deemed enough.

وعَجيبٌ أَنْ يُفنِيَ الظِّمءُ نَفساً

أَبْحُرُ الأَرضِ فِي يَدَيْ مَوْلاها

Strange that thirst would kill one

When the earth's seas are under his control.

مَلِكٌ نافَسَتْ بأدنى رِضَاهُ

بشَّرَتْهُ رِبحاً بأقصى رِضاها

A king whose smallest pleasure

Promised him ample riches and pleasures galore,

بَذَلَتْ كُلَّ طارِفٍ وتليدٍ

لَوْ شَفاها من لَيتِها وعساها

Who spent lavishly, holding nothing back,

If it cured his yearning - if only for a moment.

ولقد شافَهَتْ سيوفَ عدَاهُ

لَوْ كفاها بِهَا شمَلتَ عِدَاها

And he was healed by the swords of his enemies,

Had You willed to protect him from their evils.

إِنْ تَلاقَيْتَها فأَنْفسُ نَفْسٍ

لَكَ أَسْنى حُلِيِّها وحُلاها

If You call him to You, the noblest soul

Is Your humblest, most devoted slave.

أَوْ فأَدْنى مواعِدِ المَوْتِ منها

إِنْ تُضِعْها عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحاها

Or if the place of death is nearer to him,

Whether You take him at dusk or dawn.