يا مَنزلَ النَفسِ تَرضاهُ إِلى أَجلٍ

يا مَنزلَ النَفسِ تَرضاهُ إِلى أَجلٍ

مِن الحَياةِ وَتجفوه إِلى حينِ

مِن الحَياةِ وَتجفوه إِلى حينِ

O abode of the soul, which it accepts for an allotted span

O dweller of the soul, whom one is content with for a lifetime

Of life, and forsakes for a time,

Yet abandons for a while

لا تجزعنَّ لِطُولِ البَينِ إِن جَزعَت

لا تجزعنَّ لِطُولِ البَينِ إِن جَزعَت

أَطلالُ كلِّ شَجيِّ الرَسم محزونِ

أَطلالُ كلِّ شَجيِّ الرَسم محزونِ

Do not grieve over the long separation, even if grief afflicts

Do not grieve for the long separation, if you grieve

The ruins of every grief-stricken abode with sorrowful traces.

The ruins of every trail are sorrowful

لَسَوفَ تَقضي النَوى مِن بَعدنا عَجَباً

لَسَوفَ تَقضي النَوى مِن بَعدنا عَجَباً

لِمُقفرٍ بِعوادي الدَهرِ مَسكونِ

لِمُقفرٍ بِعوادي الدَهرِ مَسكونِ

Separation will surely work a wonder after we are gone

Soon fate will bring about wonders after us

For a desolate abode inhabited by the ravages of time.

To a deserted place with the times of fate inhabited

بَنَيتَ مِن زُخرفِ الدنيا وَباطِلها

بَنَيتَ مِن زُخرفِ الدنيا وَباطِلها

فالقَ العَفاءَ وَدَعنِي في حَمى الدينِ

فالقَ العَفاءَ وَدَعنِي في حَمى الدينِ

You built from the world's glitter and its falsehood;

You have built from the vanities and falsities of the world

So face obliteration, and leave me in the sanctuary of faith.

So leave me be, in the protection of my faith