يا ناسِيَ المَوتِ وَلَم يَنسَهُ

يا ناسِيَ المَوتِ وَلَم يَنسَهُ

لَم يَنسَكَ المَوتُ وَما تَذكُرُه

لَم يَنسَكَ المَوتُ وَما تَذكُرُه

O forgetter of death, whom death has not forgotten,

O you who forget death though death forgets you not,

Death has not forgotten you, though you do not remember it.

Death forgets you not, yet you do not remember it,

يُسَوِّفُ المَرءُ بِتَقديمِهِ

يُسَوِّفُ المَرءُ بِتَقديمِهِ

لِلبِرِّ وَالأَيّامُ لا تَنظِرُه

لِلبِرِّ وَالأَيّامُ لا تَنظِرُه

A man keeps putting off his offering

Man defers doing good deeds,

of good deeds, while the days grant him no respite.

But time does not wait for him,

مَن يَصنَعِ المَعروفَ لِلَّهِ لا

مَن يَصنَعِ المَعروفَ لِلَّهِ لا

يَمنَعهُ كُفرانُ مَن يَكفُرُه

يَمنَعهُ كُفرانُ مَن يَكفُرُه

Whoever does good for God's sake will not

He who does good for God's sake,

be deterred by the ingratitude of one who is ungrateful for it.

Ingratitude of the ungrateful does not keep him from doing it.