إنَّ الليالِيَ والأيّامَ يُدْرِكُها

شَيبٌ وَيعقبها مِن بَعْدِهِ هُلُكُ

The nights and days, old age will overtake them

And after it perdition will ensue

فَشَيبُ لَيلِكَ مِن إِصباحِهِ يَقَقٌ

وَشَيبُ يَومِكَ مِن إِمسائِهِ حلَكُ

So the graying of your night is from its dawn

And the graying of your day is from its dusk

وَالعَيشُ وَالمَوتُ بَينَ الخلقِ في شُغُلٍ

حَتّى يُسكَّنَ مِن تَحريكِهِ الفلكُ

Between people, life and death are busily engaged

Until the revolving of the cosmos is stilled

ويَبعثَ اللَّه مِن جَوْفِ الثَّرى أُممَاً

كانتْ عظامُهُمُ تبلى وتَنتَهكُ

And God resurrects from the belly of the dust, nations

Whose bones had wasted away and been battered

في موقِفٍ ما لِخَلقٍ عنه من حِوَلٍ

ولا يُحَقِّرُ فيهِ سَوقَةً ملكُ

In a stand where no creature has any power

And no angel will show contempt in it