أَفنَيتَ عُمرَكَ وَالذُنوبُ تَزيدُ

أَفنَيتَ عُمرَكَ وَالذُنوبُ تَزيدُ

وَالكاتِبُ المَحصي عَلَيكَ شَهيدُ

وَالكاتِبُ المَحصي عَلَيكَ شَهيدُ

You have spent your life while sins increase,

You've wasted your life while sins increase

You have consumed your life while your sins multiply,

And the scribe who keeps count is a witness against you.

And the recording angel bears witness against you

And the Recording Scribe bears witness against you.

كَم قُلتَ لَستُ بِعائِدٍ في سَوأَةٍ

كَم قُلتَ لَستُ بِعائِدٍ في سَوأَةٍ

وَنَذَرتَ فيها ثُمَّ صِرتَ تَعودُ

وَنَذَرتَ فيها ثُمَّ صِرتَ تَعودُ

How often you said, 'I will not return to a shameful deed,'

How often you said you wouldn't return to vice

How often you claimed, "I shall never return to vice,"

And made vows concerning it, then went back again.

Yet you vowed to avoid it, then went right back

And vowed to abstain, only to fall back again.

حَتّى مَتى لا تَرعَوي عَن لَذَّةٍ

حَتّى مَتى لا تَرعَوي عَن لَذَّةٍ

وَحِسابُها يَومَ الحِسابِ شَديدُ

وَحِسابُها يَومَ الحِسابِ شَديدُ

How long will you fail to turn away from pleasure,

How long will you not refrain from pleasure

Until when will you not desist from fleeting pleasure,

Though its reckoning on the Day of Reckoning is severe?

Whose reckoning on Judgment Day is severe

Knowing its toll on the Day of Reckoning is severe?

وَكَأَنَّني بِكَ قَد أَتَتكَ مَنِيَّةٌ

وَكَأَنَّني بِكَ قَد أَتَتكَ مَنِيَّةٌ

لا شَكَّ أَنَّ سَبيلَها مَورودُ

لا شَكَّ أَنَّ سَبيلَها مَورودُ

And it is as though I see you, with death already upon you;

I see your death has come upon you

It is as if I see your fated end approaching,

There is no doubt that its path must be trodden.

Doubtless its way to you is well-trod

For without doubt, that path is one all must tread.