وَاللَهِ لَو عاشَ الفَتى مِن دَهرِهِ

وَاللَهِ لَو عاشَ الفَتى مِن دَهرِهِ

أَلفاً مِنَ الأَعوامِ مالِكَ أَمرِهِ

أَلفاً مِنَ الأَعوامِ مالِكَ أَمرِهِ

By God, if a young man lived, in his lifetime,

By God, if the young man lived a thousand years

By Allah, were a youth to live out his time,

A thousand years, master of his own affairs,

Controlling his affairs as he willed

A thousand years, possessing command of his affairs,

مُتَلَذِّذاً فيهِ بِكُلِّ هَنِيَّةٍ

مُتَلَذِّذاً فيهِ بِكُلِّ هَنِيَّةٍ

وَمُبَلَّغاً كُلَّ المُنى مِن دَهرِهِ

وَمُبَلَّغاً كُلَّ المُنى مِن دَهرِهِ

Delighting in every pleasure within it,

Indulging in every pleasure

Taking pleasure therein in every delight,

And granted every wish in his lifetime,

And attaining all of his desires

And attaining every wish of his life,

لا يَعرِفُ الآلامَ فيها مَرَّةً

لا يَعرِفُ الآلامَ فيها مَرَّةً

كَلّا وَلا جَرَتِ الهُمومُ بِفِكرِهِ

كَلّا وَلا جَرَتِ الهُمومُ بِفِكرِهِ

Never knowing pain in those years even once—

Never knowing pain even once

Never knowing pain in it, not even once,

No indeed, nor worries ever crossing his mind—

Nor worries troubling his thoughts

Nay, nor did any worry ever cross his mind,

ما كانَ ذَاكَ يُفيدُهُ مِن عُظمِ ما

ما كانَ ذَاكَ يُفيدُهُ مِن عُظمِ ما

يَلقى بِأَوَّلِ لَيلَةٍ في قَبرِهِ

يَلقى بِأَوَّلِ لَيلَةٍ في قَبرِهِ

None of that would avail him against the enormity of what

That would not help him on the first night

That would avail him nothing against the enormity of what

He faces on the first night in his grave.

When he lies in his grave

He encounters on the first night in his grave.