أَيُّها الواقِفُ اِعتِباراً بِقَبري

أَيُّها الواقِفُ اِعتِباراً بِقَبري

إِسمَع فيهِ قَولَ عَظمٍ رَمِيمِ

إِسمَع فيهِ قَولَ عَظمٍ رَمِيمِ

O you who stand by my grave to take heed,

O you who stand to take heed at my grave

Hear within it the words of a crumbling bone.

Hear in it the words of a frail, ruined man

أَودَعوني بَطنَ الضَّريحِ وَخافوا

أَودَعوني بَطنَ الضَّريحِ وَخافوا

مِن ذُنوبٍ كُلومُها بِأَديمي

مِن ذُنوبٍ كُلومُها بِأَديمي

They laid me in the belly of the tomb and were afraid

They laid me in the belly of the tomb, fearing

Of sins whose wounds are upon my skin.

Sins whose traces were engraved on my mind

قُلتُ لا تَجزَعوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنّي

قُلتُ لا تَجزَعوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنّي

حَسَنُ الظَّنِّ بِالرَؤوفِ الرَّحيمِ

حَسَنُ الظَّنِّ بِالرَؤوفِ الرَّحيمِ

I said: Do not grieve for me, for I

I said, "Do not fret for me, for I

Have good hope in the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Have good thoughts of the Kind and Merciful"

وَدَعُوني بِما اِكتَسَبتُ رَهيناً

وَدَعُوني بِما اِكتَسَبتُ رَهيناً

غَلِقَ الرَّهنُ عِندَ مَولىً كَريمِ

غَلِقَ الرَّهنُ عِندَ مَولىً كَريمِ

And leave me held in pledge for what I have earned;

And leave me hostage to what I earned

The pledge is forfeit with a generous Lord.

The hostage is kept with a Lord Most Generous