أقُولُ وَيَقضِي اللّهُ ما هوَ قاضِي، 

أقُولُ وَيَقضِي اللّهُ ما هوَ قاضِي،

وإنّي بتَقْديرِ الإلهِ لَرَاضِي

وإنّي بتَقْديرِ الإلهِ لَرَاضِي

I speak, and God decrees what He will decree;

I say and God decrees whatever He decrees,

And I am indeed content with God's decree.

And I am content with the decree of God.

أرَى الخَلْقَ يَمضِي واحداً بعدَ واحدٍ، 

أرَى الخَلْقَ يَمضِي واحداً بعدَ واحدٍ،

فيَا ليْتَنِي أدْرِي متَى أنَا ماضِ

فيَا ليْتَنِي أدْرِي متَى أنَا ماضِ

I see humankind passing away, one after another;

I see people passing away one after another,

So, would that I knew when I shall depart!

Oh, would that I knew when I shall pass away.

كأنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ حَيّاً إذا احتَثَّ غاسِلِي 

كأنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ حَيّاً إذا احتَثَّ غاسِلِي

وَأحكَمَ دَرْجي في ثِيابِ بَيَاضِ

وَأحكَمَ دَرْجي في ثِيابِ بَيَاضِ

As though I had never been alive, when my washer hastens

It will be as if I had never lived when my washer prepares me

And wraps me securely in white garments.

And fits me into my shroud's white garb.