إِن قَدَّرَ اللَهُ أَمراً كانَ مَفعولا

إِن قَدَّرَ اللَهُ أَمراً كانَ مَفعولا

وَكَيفَ نَجهَلُ أَمراً لَيسَ مَجهولا

وَكَيفَ نَجهَلُ أَمراً لَيسَ مَجهولا

If God decrees a thing, it will be accomplished.

If Allah decrees a matter, it is made so,

And how can we be ignorant of a thing that is not unknown?

How can we be ignorant of what is not unknown?

إِنّا لَنَعلَمُ أَنّا لاحِقونَ بِمَن

إِنّا لَنَعلَمُ أَنّا لاحِقونَ بِمَن

وَلّى وَلَكِنَّ في آمالِنا طولا

وَلّى وَلَكِنَّ في آمالِنا طولا

Indeed, we know full well that we shall join those

We surely know that we will follow those who have gone before,

Who have departed, yet our hopes stretch far.

Who have passed away, though in our hopes we live long.

ضَمِنتُ لِلطالِبِ الدُنيا وَزينَتَها

ضَمِنتُ لِلطالِبِ الدُنيا وَزينَتَها

أَلّا يَزالَ بِها ما عاشَ مَشغولا

أَلّا يَزالَ بِها ما عاشَ مَشغولا

I guarantee to the seeker of this world and its adornment

I guaranteed the seeker of this life and its adornments,

That he will remain engrossed in it as long as he lives.

That he will remain busy with it as long as he lives.

يا رَبُّ مَن كانَ مُغتَرّاً بِناصِرِهِ

يا رَبُّ مَن كانَ مُغتَرّاً بِناصِرِهِ

أَمسى وَأَصبَحَ في الأَجداثِ مَجدولا

أَمسى وَأَصبَحَ في الأَجداثِ مَجدولا

O Lord, he who was overconfident in his protector

O Lord, whoever is deceived by his victoriousness,

Has spent evening and morning laid low in the graves.

Finds himself in the mornings and evenings rolled in the dust.

وَرُبَّ مُغتَبِطٍ بِالمالِ يَأكُلُهُ

وَرُبَّ مُغتَبِطٍ بِالمالِ يَأكُلُهُ

يَوماً وَيَشرَبُهُ إِذ صارَ مَأكولا

يَوماً وَيَشرَبُهُ إِذ صارَ مَأكولا

And many a man rejoicing in wealth was consuming it

And many rejoice in wealth they consume,

One day, and drinking it, when he himself became food.

One day eating it, the next drinking it, when it becomes consumable.

ما زالَ يَبكي عَلى المَوتى وَيَنقُلُهُم

ما زالَ يَبكي عَلى المَوتى وَيَنقُلُهُم

حَتّى رَأَيناهُ مَبكِيّاً وَمَنقولا

حَتّى رَأَيناهُ مَبكِيّاً وَمَنقولا

He kept weeping over the dead and carrying them away,

He kept crying over the dead and carrying them,

Until we saw him wept over and carried away.

Until we saw him crying and being carried.