لا تبكِ رسماً ولا تدمع على طلَلِ

لا تبكِ رسماً ولا تدمع على طلَلِ

ولا تسلّم على خيفٍ ولا قُلَلِ

ولا تسلّم على خيفٍ ولا قُلَلِ

Do not weep over a dwelling's traces, nor shed tears over ruins.

Do not weep for ruins or shed tears on the hillocks,

Weep not for vanished traces, nor shed tears upon the ruins,

Nor greet a mountain slope or mountain peaks.

Do not bid farewell to lowlands or the hills.

And send no greeting to the valley of Khayf, nor to the peaks,

ومتّعِ النفسَ ممّا سوف تفقدهُ

ومتّعِ النفسَ ممّا سوف تفقدهُ

عمّا قليلٍ وبادر وثبةَ الأجَلِ

عمّا قليلٍ وبادر وثبةَ الأجَلِ

And let your soul enjoy what you will lose

Delight yourself with what you will soon lose,

But grant the soul its pleasure in what it soon must lose,

Before long, and make haste before death's leap.

In a little while, hasten, the hour is at hand.

All too soon—so hasten before the leap of fate.