اللّه أعلم أنّ هذا لم يكن

اللّه أعلم أنّ هذا لم يكن

مني على الأمد الطويل دليلا

مني على الأمد الطويل دليلا

God knows best that this was not

God knows this was not

God knows best that this was never meant

on my part, a sign of a long life.

From me for the long term evident

By me to serve as a guide for the long age;

كلّا وإن منيّتي لقريبةٌ

كلّا وإن منيّتي لقريبةٌ

منّي وأصبح في التراب جديلا

منّي وأصبح في التراب جديلا

No indeed; my death is surely near

No, though my death is near

Nay, for indeed my death is drawing near,

to me, and I shall lie prostrate in the dust.

To me, and I will soon be but dust

And I shall soon become laid low within the dust.

ورضا الإله هو المنى ويكون من

ورضا الإله هو المنى ويكون من

بعدي انتفاع الخلق ثمّ طويلا

بعدي انتفاع الخلق ثمّ طويلا

And God's pleasure is my desire; and there shall be

God's pleasure is what I seek and after

The pleasure of the Lord is my desire, and that there be

after me, long-lasting benefit for people there.

Me will be benefit for mankind enduring

After I am gone, a benefit for the people that endures.