لَأَن فُجِّعتُ بِالقُرَباءِ مِنّى

لَأَن فُجِّعتُ بِالقُرَباءِ مِنّى

لَقَد مُتِّعتُ بِالأَمَلِ البَعيدِ

لَقَد مُتِّعتُ بِالأَمَلِ البَعيدِ

Though I have been bereaved of those close to me,

For I have been aggrieved by the loss of loved ones,

I have indeed been granted far-reaching hope.

Though I was gratified by distant hopes,

وَما تَبغي المَنِيَّةُ حينَ تَأتي

وَما تَبغي المَنِيَّةُ حينَ تَأتي

عَلى أَدنى الأَحِبِّةِ مِن مَزيدِ

عَلى أَدنى الأَحِبِّةِ مِن مَزيدِ

And what more does death seek when it comes

And death desires no more when it arrives

upon the closest of loved ones?

Upon those dearest, to add or take away.

خُلِقنا أَنفُساً وَبَني نُفوسٍ

خُلِقنا أَنفُساً وَبَني نُفوسٍ

وَلَسنا بِالسَلامِ وَلا الحَديدِ

وَلَسنا بِالسَلامِ وَلا الحَديدِ

We were created as souls and sons of souls,

We fashioned souls and children of those souls,

and we are neither stone nor iron.

Yet we are neither peaceful, nor tempered steel.