أَهلَ القُبورِ عَلَيكُمُ مِنّي السَلام

أَهلَ القُبورِ عَلَيكُمُ مِنّي السَلام

إِنّي أُكَلِّمُكُم وَلَيسَ بِكُم كَلام

إِنّي أُكَلِّمُكُم وَلَيسَ بِكُم كَلام

O dwellers of the graves, peace be upon you from me.

O dwellers of the graves, peace be upon you from me

I speak to you, but you have no speech.

I speak to you though you cannot speak

لا تَحسَبوا أَنَّ الأَحِبَّةَ لَم يَسُغ

لا تَحسَبوا أَنَّ الأَحِبَّةَ لَم يَسُغ

مِن بَعدِكُم لَهُمُ الشَرابُ وَلا الطَعام

مِن بَعدِكُم لَهُمُ الشَرابُ وَلا الطَعام

Do not think that your loved ones could no longer enjoy

Think not beloved ones failed to pine

Drink or food after you were gone.

For you, with neither food nor drink

كَلّا لَقَد رَفَضوكُمُ وَاِستَبدَلوا

كَلّا لَقَد رَفَضوكُمُ وَاِستَبدَلوا

بِكُمُ وَفَرَّقَ ذاتَ بَينِكُمُ الحِمام

بِكُمُ وَفَرَّقَ ذاتَ بَينِكُمُ الحِمام

No! They have cast you aside and taken others

Nay, they discarded and replaced you

In your place; death has severed the bond between you.

And the dove parted them from you

وَالخَلقُ كُلُّهُمُ كَذاكَ فَكُلُّ مَن

وَالخَلقُ كُلُّهُمُ كَذاكَ فَكُلُّ مَن

قَد ماتَ لَيسَ لَهُ عَلى حَيٍّ ذِمام

قَد ماتَ لَيسَ لَهُ عَلى حَيٍّ ذِمام

And all mankind is thus; so everyone who

Thus all people alike, so whoever

Has died has no claim upon the living.

Has died, has no claim on the living

ساءَلتُ أَجداثَ المُلوكِ فَأَخبَرَت

ساءَلتُ أَجداثَ المُلوكِ فَأَخبَرَت

ني أَنَّهُم فيهِنَّ أَعضاءٌ وَهام

ني أَنَّهُم فيهِنَّ أَعضاءٌ وَهام

I questioned the tombs of kings, and they told

I asked the graves of kings, and they told me

Me that within them the kings are limbs and skulls.

That in them are but bones and worm

لَم يَبقَ مِن أَجسادِهِم تِلكَ الَّتي

لَم يَبقَ مِن أَجسادِهِم تِلكَ الَّتي

غُدِيَت بِأَنعَمِ عيشَةٍ إِلّا العِظام

غُدِيَت بِأَنعَمِ عيشَةٍ إِلّا العِظام

Nothing remains of those bodies of theirs that

Naught remains of those bodies

Were nourished in the most luxurious life, save bones.

That lived in ease except the bones

لِلَّهِ ما وارى التُرابُ مِنَ الأُلى

لِلَّهِ ما وارى التُرابُ مِنَ الأُلى

كانوا الكِرامَ هُمُ إِذا ذُكِرَ الكِرام

كانوا الكِرامَ هُمُ إِذا ذُكِرَ الكِرام

God! What men the dust has hidden—

By Allah, what the dust covers of loved ones

They were the noble ones whenever the noble were named.

Were the generous when the generous are mentioned

لِلَّهِ ما وارى التُرابُ مِنَ الأُلى

لِلَّهِ ما وارى التُرابُ مِنَ الأُلى

كانوا وَجارُهُمُ مَنيعٌ لا يُضام

كانوا وَجارُهُمُ مَنيعٌ لا يُضام

God! What men the dust has hidden—

By Allah, what the dust covers of loved ones

They lived with their neighbor secure, never wronged.

Were those whose neighbor was unharmed

أَفناهُمُ مَن لَم يَزَل يُفني المُلو

أَفناهُمُ مَن لَم يَزَل يُفني المُلو

كَ وَلِلفَناءِ وَلِلبَلى خُلِقَ الأَنام

كَ وَلِلفَناءِ وَلِلبَلى خُلِقَ الأَنام

He who never ceases to destroy kings has destroyed them;

Destroyed them He Who destroys kings

And mankind was created to perish and decay.

And for destruction and decay humans were created

يا صاحِبَيَّ نَسيتُ دارَ إِقامَتي

يا صاحِبَيَّ نَسيتُ دارَ إِقامَتي

وَعَمَرتُ داراً لَيسَ لي فيها مُقام

وَعَمَرتُ داراً لَيسَ لي فيها مُقام

O my two companions, I have forgotten my abiding home,

My friend, I forgot the house of my stay

And built up a house that is no lasting home for me.

And inhabited a house wherein I have no stay

دارٌ يُريدُ الدَهرُ نُقلَةَ أَهلِها

دارٌ يُريدُ الدَهرُ نُقلَةَ أَهلِها

وَكَأَنَّهُم عَمّا يُرادُ بِهِم نِيام

وَكَأَنَّهُم عَمّا يُرادُ بِهِم نِيام

A house whose inhabitants Time intends to send away,

A house whose people fate desires to move

And they seem asleep to what is intended for them.

As if they know not what is intended for them

ما نِلتُ مِنها لَذَّةً إِلّا وَقَد

ما نِلتُ مِنها لَذَّةً إِلّا وَقَد

أَبَتِ الحَوادِثُ أَن يَكونَ لَها دَوام

أَبَتِ الحَوادِثُ أَن يَكونَ لَها دَوام

Never have I tasted a pleasure in it without

I gained no pleasure from it but what

Misfortunes refusing to let it last.

Events refused to let last