أُضيعُ مِنَ العُمرِ ما في يَدي

أُضيعُ مِنَ العُمرِ ما في يَدي

وَأَطلُبُ ما لَيسَ لي في يَدِ

وَأَطلُبُ ما لَيسَ لي في يَدِ

I squander whatever of life is in my hand,

I squander the life that lies in my hand,

and seek what is not in my hand.

and seek what is not in my hand.

أَرى الأَمسَ قَد فاتَني رَدُّهُ

أَرى الأَمسَ قَد فاتَني رَدُّهُ

وَلَستُ عَلى ثِقَةٍ مِن غَدِ

وَلَستُ عَلى ثِقَةٍ مِن غَدِ

I see that yesterday has passed me by, beyond recall,

I see that I cannot bring yesterday back,

and I have no assurance of tomorrow.

and I have no certainty of tomorrow.

وَإِنّي لَأَجري إِلى غايَةٍ

وَإِنّي لَأَجري إِلى غايَةٍ

وَأَستَقبِلُ المَوتَ مِن مَولِدي

وَأَستَقبِلُ المَوتَ مِن مَولِدي

Indeed, I am running toward a final end,

And indeed I run toward an end,

and I have faced death ever since my birth.

and face death from the moment of my birth.

وَما زِلتُ في طَبَقاتِ الرَدى

وَما زِلتُ في طَبَقاتِ الرَدى

أَصَعَّدُ في مَصعَدٍ مَصعَدِ

أَصَعَّدُ في مَصعَدٍ مَصعَدِ

Still I pass through the layered ranks of death,

And through the layers of death I keep

climbing ascent after ascent.

climbing, ascent after ascent.

فَيوشِكُ عَمّا قَليلٍ أَكو

فَيوشِكُ عَمّا قَليلٍ أَكو

نُ مِنهُنَّ في البَرزَخِ الأَبعَدِ

نُ مِنهُنَّ في البَرزَخِ الأَبعَدِ

And soon—after only a little while—I shall

So, before long, I shall

be among them, in the remotest Barzakh.

be among them in the farthest realm beyond death.