أَأَخَيَّ هَوَّنتَ الحِما

أَأَخَيَّ هَوَّنتَ الحِما

مَ وَكانَ يَضعُفُ عَنهُ عَزمي

مَ وَكانَ يَضعُفُ عَنهُ عَزمي

O my dear brother, you have made death seem easy,

Oh brother, have you made the burden lighter

though my resolve used to falter before it.

While my resolve was too weak for it?

لِمَ لا أُهَوِّنُهُ وَقَد

لِمَ لا أُهَوِّنُهُ وَقَد

قَدَّمتُ روحِيَ قَبلَ جِسمي

قَدَّمتُ روحِيَ قَبلَ جِسمي

Why should I not make light of it, when

Why shouldn't I make it lighter when

I have sent my soul ahead of my body?

I have put my soul before my body?

ما تَشبَعُ الدُنيا وَلا

ما تَشبَعُ الدُنيا وَلا

تُروى بِغَيرِ دَمي وَلَحمي

تُروى بِغَيرِ دَمي وَلَحمي

The world is not sated, nor

The world is not sated nor

is its thirst quenched without my blood and flesh.

Quenched but by my blood and flesh