حَقيقٌ بِالتَواضُعِ مَن يَموتُ

حَقيقٌ بِالتَواضُعِ مَن يَموتُ

وَيَكفي الَمَرءَ مِن دُنياهُ قوتُ

وَيَكفي الَمَرءَ مِن دُنياهُ قوتُ

Humility befits one who must die.

One who dies deserves humility,

He who is destined to die is truly worthy of humility,

And sustenance from his world suffices a man.

And the sustenance of this life suffices a person,

And from his world, mere sustenance suffices a man.

فَما لِلمَرءِ يُصبِحُ ذا هُمومٍ

فَما لِلمَرءِ يُصبِحُ ذا هُمومٍ

وَحِرصٌ لَيسَ تُدرِكُهُ النُعوتُ

وَحِرصٌ لَيسَ تُدرِكُهُ النُعوتُ

So why does a man become burdened with worries,

So why does a person start his day worried,

So what ails a man that he wakes possessed of worries,

And greed that descriptions cannot encompass?

With ambitions that titles do not fulfill,

And a greed that no description can encompass?

صَنيعُ مَليكِنا حَسَنٌ جَميلٌ

صَنيعُ مَليكِنا حَسَنٌ جَميلٌ

وَما أَرزاقُنا عَنّا تَفوتُ

وَما أَرزاقُنا عَنّا تَفوتُ

Our Sovereign's work is good and beautiful,

The work of our King is good and beautiful,

The handiwork of our King is good and beautiful,

And our provisions will not pass us by.

And our sustenance does not escape from us,

And our destined provisions will never pass us by.

فَيا هَذا سَتَرحَلُ عَن قَريبٍ

فَيا هَذا سَتَرحَلُ عَن قَريبٍ

إِلى قَومٍ كَلامُهُمُ سُكوُتُ

إِلى قَومٍ كَلامُهُمُ سُكوُتُ

So, you there, you will soon depart

So O you! soon you will travel

So, O you, know that you shall depart quite soon

To a people whose speech is silence.

To a people whose speech is silence.

To a people whose speech is silence.