يا مُؤثِرَ الدُنيا عَلى دينِهِ

يا مُؤثِرَ الدُنيا عَلى دينِهِ

وَالتائِهَ الحَيرانَ عَن قَصدِهِ

وَالتائِهَ الحَيرانَ عَن قَصدِهِ

O you who prefer this world to your faith,

O you who prefer the world over your religion,

O you who choose this world over your faith,

And wander bewildered, astray from your purpose,

And who wanders lost, far from your purpose,

And wander, bewildered, far from your true path,

أَصبَحتَ تَرجو الخُلدَ فيها وَقَد

أَصبَحتَ تَرجو الخُلدَ فيها وَقَد

أَبرَزَ نابَ المَوتِ عَن حَدِّهِ

أَبرَزَ نابَ المَوتِ عَن حَدِّهِ

You now hope for immortality in it, while already

You have come to hope for immortality in it, yet

You have come to hope for eternity here, even as

Death’s fang has been bared beyond its bounds.

Death has bared its fangs beyond restraint,

Death has bared the sharpness of its fangs.

هَيهاتَ إِنَّ المَوتَ ذو أَسهُمٍ

هَيهاتَ إِنَّ المَوتَ ذو أَسهُمٍ

مِن يَرمِهِ يَوماً بِها يُردِهِ

مِن يَرمِهِ يَوماً بِها يُردِهِ

Far from it! Death indeed has arrows;

Alas! Death has arrows

Alas! For Death is armed with arrows;

Whomever it shoots with them one day, it kills.

That will strike down whomsoever it hits one day,

Whomever it strikes one day, it brings to ruin.

لا يُصلِحُ الواعِظُ قَلبَ اِمرءٍ

لا يُصلِحُ الواعِظُ قَلبَ اِمرءٍ

لَم يَعزِمِ اللَهَ عَلى رُشدِهِ

لَم يَعزِمِ اللَهَ عَلى رُشدِهِ

No preacher can mend the heart of a person

No preacher can redeem the heart of one

No preacher can mend the heart of a man

Whose guidance God has not willed.

Whom God has not willed to guide aright.

If God has not decreed his guidance.