إِن صَحَّ لي أَنَّني سَعيدُ

إِن صَحَّ لي أَنَّني سَعيدُ

فَلَيتَني ضَمَّني صَعيدُ

فَلَيتَني ضَمَّني صَعيدُ

If it proves true that I am fortunate,

If I am granted happiness,

Then would that the earth enfolded me.

I wish the earth would swallow me.

صُمتُ حَياتي إِلى مَماتي

صُمتُ حَياتي إِلى مَماتي

لَعَلَّ يَومَ الحِمامِ عيدُ

لَعَلَّ يَومَ الحِمامِ عيدُ

I have fasted throughout my life, until my death;

My life's silence until my death,

Perhaps the day of death will be a feast day.

Perhaps the day of reckoning is a celebration.

وَراعَني لِلحِسابِ ذَكَرٌ

وَراعَني لِلحِسابِ ذَكَرٌ

وَغَرَّني أَنَّهُ بَعيدُ

وَغَرَّني أَنَّهُ بَعيدُ

And mention of the reckoning frightened me,

Remembrance of the reckoning startled me,

And its being far off deceived me.

And I was deceived that it was far away.

وَعَن يَميني وَعَن شِمالي

وَعَن يَميني وَعَن شِمالي

يَصحَبُني حافِظٌ قَعيدُ

يَصحَبُني حافِظٌ قَعيدُ

And on my right and on my left,

On my right and on my left,

A seated guardian accompanies me.

A vigilant guardian accompanies me.

حَمامَةٌ في غُصونِ أَيكٍ

حَمامَةٌ في غُصونِ أَيكٍ

ناحَت فَأَنشَأتُ أَستَعيدُ

ناحَت فَأَنشَأتُ أَستَعيدُ

A dove in the branches of a grove

A dove in the branches of a tamarisk tree

Lamented, so I began asking her to repeat it.

Cried out, so I started to plead,

وَما فَقِهتُ المَرادَ مِنها

وَما فَقِهتُ المَرادَ مِنها

كُلُّ فَقيهٍ لَهُ مُعيدُ

كُلُّ فَقيهٍ لَهُ مُعيدُ

And I did not understand what she meant;

And I did not understand what she intended;

Every scholar has someone to repeat the lesson.

Every expert has his own interpretation.

إِذا رَجَونا قَضاءَ وَعدٍ

إِذا رَجَونا قَضاءَ وَعدٍ

فَكَيفَ لا يُرهَبُ الوَعيدُ

فَكَيفَ لا يُرهَبُ الوَعيدُ

If we hope for the fulfillment of a promise,

If we hope for the fulfillment of a promise,

Then how can the threat not be feared?

How can the threat not be feared?