أَرِق ماءَ الحَياةِ لِأَجلِ جُلّى

أَرِق ماءَ الحَياةِ لِأَجلِ جُلّى

عَرَتكَ وَلا تُرِق ماءَ المُحَيّا

عَرَتكَ وَلا تُرِق ماءَ المُحَيّا

Shed the water of life for a grave calamity

Stay awake to irrigate life for your clan

that has befallen you, but do not shed the water of your face.

And do not waste water on make-up

فَمَوتُ المَرءِ خَيرٌ مِن حَياةٍ

فَمَوتُ المَرءِ خَيرٌ مِن حَياةٍ

يُهانُ بِطولِها فَيَموتُ حَيّا

يُهانُ بِطولِها فَيَموتُ حَيّا

For a person's death is better than a life

For death is better than a life

in whose long span he is humiliated, and so dies while alive.

Whose length brings dishonor and you die alive