إِن يُدرِكَكَ مَوتٌ أَو مَشيبٌ

فَقَبلَكَ ماتَ أَقوامٌ وَشابوا

Whether death or old age overtakes you

Before you died, people died and grew old

تَلَبَّثنا وَفَرَّطنا رِجالاً

دُعوا وَإِذا الأَنامُ دُعوا أَجابوا

We procrastinated and neglected men

They were called and when people were called, they responded

وَإِنَّ سَبيلَنا لَسَبيلُ قَومٍ

شَهِدنا الأَمرَ بَعدَهُمُ وَغابوا

And indeed our path is the path of a people

We witnessed the matter after them and they passed away

فَلا تَسأَلَ سَتَثكَلُ كُلُّ أُمٍّ

إِذا ما إِخوَةٌ كَثُروا وَطابوا

So do not ask, every mother will be burdened

When many brothers were around and then passed away