إِذا شِئتَ يَوماً وَصلَةً بِقَرينَةٍ

إِذا شِئتَ يَوماً وَصلَةً بِقَرينَةٍ

فَخَيرُ نِساءِ العالَمينَ عَقيمُها

فَخَيرُ نِساءِ العالَمينَ عَقيمُها

If one day you desire union with a wife,

If one day you desire a companion of purity

Then the best of all the world's women is the barren one.

Then the best of all women is one without children

لَنا طُرُقٌ في كُلِّ شَرقٍ وَمَغرِبٍ

لَنا طُرُقٌ في كُلِّ شَرقٍ وَمَغرِبٍ

إِلى المَوتِ أَعيا راكِباً مُستَقيمُها

إِلى المَوتِ أَعيا راكِباً مُستَقيمُها

We have paths in every east and west,

We all have paths in every east and west

To death; even their straight path has wearied a rider.

To death, steadily do they lead

هِيَ الدارُ يَأتيها مِنَ الناسِ قادِمٌ

هِيَ الدارُ يَأتيها مِنَ الناسِ قادِمٌ

يَحُثُّ عَلى أَن يَستَقِلَّ مُقيمُها

يَحُثُّ عَلى أَن يَستَقِلَّ مُقيمُها

It is the abode to which a newcomer from among men comes,

It is the abode to which all mankind comes

Urging its resident to depart.

Urging those who stay to depart