تَعالى اللَهُ كَم مَلِكٍ مَهيبٍ

تَعالى اللَهُ كَم مَلِكٍ مَهيبٍ

تَبَدَّلَ بَعدَ قَصرٍ ضيقَ لَحدِ

تَبَدَّلَ بَعدَ قَصرٍ ضيقَ لَحدِ

Exalted is God! How many an awe-inspiring king

Come, Allah, how many a majestic king

has exchanged a palace for the narrow confines of a grave.

Has changed after a narrow grave's width!

أُقِرُّ بِأَنَّ لي رَبّاً قَديراً

أُقِرُّ بِأَنَّ لي رَبّاً قَديراً

وَلا أَلقى بَدائِعَهُ بِجَحدِ

وَلا أَلقى بَدائِعَهُ بِجَحدِ

I acknowledge that I have an all-powerful Lord,

I acknowledge that I have a Powerful Lord

and I do not meet His wonders with denial.

And I do not deny His wonders in ingratitude

لَو اِنّي في عِدادِ الرَملِ صَحبي

لَو اِنّي في عِدادِ الرَملِ صَحبي

لَأَودَعتُ الثَرى وَتُرِكتُ وَحدي

لَأَودَعتُ الثَرى وَتُرِكتُ وَحدي

Even if my companions were as numerous as the grains of sand,

If I were among the grains of sand, my friends,

I would be laid in the earth and left alone.

I would be laid in earth and left in solitude