أَلا كُلُّ مَولودٍ فَلِلمَوتِ يولَدُ

أَلا كُلُّ مَولودٍ فَلِلمَوتِ يولَدُ

وَلَستُ أَرى حَياً لِشَيءٍ يُخَلَّدُ

وَلَستُ أَرى حَياً لِشَيءٍ يُخَلَّدُ

Behold, everyone born is born for death.

Alas! Every being that is born is destined to die

Nor do I see any living being granted immortality for any reason.

And I see no everlasting life for anything

تَجَرَّد مِنَ الدُنيا فَإِنَّكَ إِنَّما

تَجَرَّد مِنَ الدُنيا فَإِنَّكَ إِنَّما

سَقَطتَ إِلى الدُنيا وَأَنتَ مُجَرَّدُ

سَقَطتَ إِلى الدُنيا وَأَنتَ مُجَرَّدُ

Strip yourself of the world, for you merely

Free yourself from this world, for you

Fell into the world stripped bare.

Fell into this world naked and bare

وَأَفضَلُ شَيءٍ نِلتَ مِنها فَإِنَّهُ

وَأَفضَلُ شَيءٍ نِلتَ مِنها فَإِنَّهُ

مَتاعٌ قَليلٌ يَضمَحِلُّ وَيَنفَدُ

مَتاعٌ قَليلٌ يَضمَحِلُّ وَيَنفَدُ

And the best thing you have gained from it is indeed

And the best thing you can get from it

A little enjoyment that fades away and runs out.

Is a little possession that fades and runs out

وَكَم مِن عَزيزٍ أَذهَبَ الدَهرُ عِزَّهُ

وَكَم مِن عَزيزٍ أَذهَبَ الدَهرُ عِزَّهُ

فَأَصبَحَ مَرحوماً وَقَد كانَ يُحسَدُ

فَأَصبَحَ مَرحوماً وَقَد كانَ يُحسَدُ

And how many a mighty man has time stripped of his might,

And how many honored ones did time make lose their honor

Leaving him pitied, though once he was envied.

And they became pitied though they were envied

فَلا تَحمَدِ الدُنيا وَلَكِن فَذُمَّها

فَلا تَحمَدِ الدُنيا وَلَكِن فَذُمَّها

وَما بالُ شَيءٍ ذَمَّهُ اللَهُ يُحمَدُ

وَما بالُ شَيءٍ ذَمَّهُ اللَهُ يُحمَدُ

So do not praise the world; rather, condemn it.

So do not praise this life, but dispraise it

And why should something God has condemned be praised?

Why praise something God dispraised