يا ذائقَ الموتى لتعلم هل بَقُوا

يا ذائقَ الموتى لتعلم هل بَقُوا

بعد التَّقادُمِ منهمُ بدَواءِ

بعد التَّقادُمِ منهمُ بدَواءِ

O you who taste the dead, to learn whether they have endured

O you who tests the dead to learn if their essence remained

After the passage of time, through a remedy of theirs.

After the passage of time, from them as a remedy

بَيَّنتَ عن رِعةٍ وصدقِ أمانةٍ

بَيَّنتَ عن رِعةٍ وصدقِ أمانةٍ

لولا اتهامُك خالقَ الأشياءِ

لولا اتهامُك خالقَ الأشياءِ

You would have shown scrupulousness and genuine honesty,

You have shown kindness and true faithfulness

Were it not for your mistrust of the Creator of all things.

If not for your accusation of the Creator of all things

أَحسبت أن الله ليس بقادر

أَحسبت أن الله ليس بقادر

أن يجعل الأمواتَ كالأحياءِ

أن يجعل الأمواتَ كالأحياءِ

Did you think that God was not able

You thought that God was not able

To make the dead like the living?

To make the dead like the living

وظننتَ ما شاهدتَ من آياته

وظننتَ ما شاهدتَ من آياته

بلطيفةٍ من حيلة الحكماءِ

بلطيفةٍ من حيلة الحكماءِ

And did you think that what you witnessed of His signs

And you assumed what you witnessed of His signs

Was wrought by some subtle trick of the sages?

Was by some subtle trickery of the wise