أَبِالمَوْتِ الذي لا بُدَّ أَني

أَبِالمَوْتِ الذي لا بُدَّ أَني

مُلاقٍ لا أَباكِ تُخَوِّفِيني

مُلاقٍ لا أَباكِ تُخَوِّفِيني

Is it with death, which I am bound to

Do not with death, which I inevitably will meet,

meet—may you have no father!—that you frighten me?

Frighten me, do not frighten me,

دَعي ماذا علِمْتِ سَأَتَّقِيهِ

دَعي ماذا علِمْتِ سَأَتَّقِيهِ

ولكنْ بالمغيَّب نَبِّئِيني

ولكنْ بالمغيَّب نَبِّئِيني

Leave aside what you know; I shall guard against it,

Leave what you know, I will be careful of it,

but tell me of what is hidden.

But tell me of the unknown.