1. تنبهوا يا رقود

    إِلى مَتى ذا الجمود

    Awaken, O sleepers!

    How long will this torpor last?

  2. فهذه الدار جمع

    يفنى وَمالي يبيد

    For this abode is a gathering

    that perishes, and my wealth passes away.

  3. الخير فيها قَليل

    وَالشر فيها عَتيد

    Goodness here is scarce,

    and evil here stands ready.

  4. وَالعمر ينقص فيها

    وَسيآت تَزيد

    Life grows shorter here,

    and misdeeds increase.

  5. وكلما مر يوم

    منها فَلَيسَ يَعود

    Whenever a day passes

    in it, it never returns.

  6. فاِستَكثروا لزاد فيها

    ان الطَريق بَعيد

    So gather ample provisions here,

    for the road is long.

  7. وَلا تَطيعوا نفوسا

    شيطانهن مريد

    And do not obey souls

    whose devil is rebellious.

  8. يا من يريد خلودا

    هَيهات منك الخلود

    O you who seek everlasting life,

    everlasting life is far beyond you.

  9. سل ابن آدمجدا

    تعزى اليه الجدود

    Ask Adam's son, a forefather [wording uncertain],

    to whom the ancestors trace their lineage.

  10. وأين شيث وَنوح

    وَأَين عاد وَهود

    And where are Seth and Noah?

    And where are Ad and Hud?

  11. وَمديَن وَشعيب

    وَصالح وَثَمود

    And Madyan and Shu'ayb?

    And Salih and Thamud?

  12. وأين فرعون مصر

    وَتبع وَالجنود

    And where is Pharaoh of Egypt?

    And Tubba' and the troops?

  13. يا تائها في المَعاصي

    عد واعتذر يا طَريد

    O you wandering in sins,

    return and offer your apology, O outcast.

  14. وَجاهد النفس فيها

    تمت وَأَنتَ شَهيد

    And struggle against your soul therein;

    you will die a martyr.

  15. من قبل تلقى بقبر

    يَدري عليك الصَعيد

    Before you are laid in a grave,

    with earth scattered over you [probable reading],

  16. وَالعظم في الترب يبلى

    وَيأَكل اللحم دود

    and the bone decays in the dust,

    and worms consume the flesh.

  17. يا من تعدى حدودا

    أَما نهتك الحدود

    O you who have overstepped limits,

    did the limits not restrain you?

  18. لنا عليكم عهود

    فأَين تلك العهود

    You are bound by covenants to Us;

    where, then, are those covenants?

  19. ذلوا وَلَو ذوا بعزي

    يَلقى المريد المريد

    Humble yourselves and seek refuge in My might;

    the seeker meets the seeker.

  20. واِستمطر واغيم برى

    ان الجواد يَجود

    And ask the clouds of My goodness for rain [probable reading];

    for the Generous One gives generously.

  21. واِستَعطفوني بعذر

    ان كان عذر يفيد

    And plead for My compassion with an excuse,

    if any excuse can avail.

  22. واخشوا عواقب مكر

    أَبدى به وأعيد

    And fear the consequences of a stratagem

    that I initiate and repeat.

  23. ان كانَ فَضلي عطما

    فان بَطشي شَديد

    If My bounty is great [probable reading],

    then My chastisement is severe.

  24. أَينَ الاولى نازعوني

    ملكي وهم لي عَبيد

    Where are those who contested

    My sovereignty, though they were servants of Mine?

  25. أَنساهم الذكر عز

    وعدة وَعَديد

    Might made them forget remembrance,

    as did armaments and multitudes.

  26. فالفأل فيهم سَعيد

    وَالطالِعات سعود

    So their omen is favorable,

    and the rising stars are auspicious.

  27. وَالمال يجبى اليهم

    وَالعيش حلوز غيد

    And wealth is gathered for them,

    and life is sweet and easy [probable reading].

  28. ماتوا وَضاقَت عليهم

    بعد القصور وَاللجود

    They died, and cramped about them grew,

    after the palaces, the graves [probable reading].

  29. وَالملك ملكي وَيَبقى

    وَجهي وَيفنى الوجود

    And dominion is Mine, and there remains

    My Face, while all existence perishes.

  30. وَليوَللخلق يوم

    يشيب منه الوَليد

    And for Me and for creation there is a day

    that turns the newborn gray.

  31. وَيشمل الناس وعد

    يرجى وَيَخشى وَعيد

    And a promise embraces the people,

    hoped for, while they fear a threat.

  32. وَالصحف تلقى اليهم

    منهن بيض وَسود

    And the records are handed to them,

    some white and some black.

  33. غَدا ينادي المنادي

    وهم إليه وفود

    Tomorrow the herald will call,

    and they come to him in delegations.

  34. كل عليه حَفيظ

    وَسائق وَشَهيد

    Each has a guardian over him,

    and an escort and a witness.

  35. وَحوله عَن يَمين

    وَعَن شمال قَعيد

    And round him, on the right,

    and on the left, one sits watching.

  36. يا منكر البعث هَذا

    ما كنت منه نجيد

    O denier of resurrection, this

    is what you used to evade [probable reading].

  37. الحق يَقضى والاعضا

    منهم عليهم شهود

    The Truth passes judgment, and the limbs

    of the people bear witness against them.

  38. وَفي جهنم نار

    لَها العصاة وقود

    And in Hell there is a fire

    whose fuel is the disobedient.

  39. اذا نضجن جلود

    بدلن فيها جلود

    When skins are roasted through,

    they are replaced there with other skins.

  40. وَالظل فيها سموم

    وَالحلى فيها حديد

    And the shade there is scorching wind,

    and the ornaments there are iron.

  41. وَذا طعام ضَريع

    وَذا شراب صَديد

    And this is food of bitter thorns,

    and this is a drink of pus.

  42. يا واسع اللطف يا من

    هو الوَلي الحَميد

    O You of boundless kindness, O One

    who is the Protector, the Praiseworthy,

  43. يا من له في البَرايا

    عطف وَبر وجود

    O You who have, among created beings,

    compassion, goodness, and generosity,

  44. قل حين يمحى شَفائي

    عَبد الرَحيم سعيد

    say, when my healing is erased [perhaps: my misery]:

    'Abd al-Rahim is happy.'

  45. اعطف عليه بفضل

    وَرحمة يا ودود

    Show him compassion through bounty,

    and mercy, O Loving One.

  46. وأبلغ الكل منا

    يا سَيدي ما يريد

    And grant each of us,

    O my Master, what he desires.

  47. وَصل فَضلا عَلى مَن

    بذكره نَستَفيد

    And graciously bless the one

    from whose remembrance we benefit—

  48. محمد ما تلالا

    برق وَحنت رعود

    Muhammad—as long as there flashes

    lightning, and thunderclaps resound.