قَديماً كَرِهتُ المَوتَ وَاللَهُ شاهِدٌ

قَديماً كَرِهتُ المَوتَ وَاللَهُ شاهِدٌ

وَقَد عِشتُ حَتّى أَسمَحَت لي قَرونَتي

وَقَد عِشتُ حَتّى أَسمَحَت لي قَرونَتي

Long ago I hated death, and God is witness.

Long ago I hated death, and God is my witness,

And I have lived until my soul yielded to me.

And I have lived long enough for my temples to whiten,

وَأَحسَبُهُ لَو جاءَني لَأَبَيتُهُ

وَأَحسَبُهُ لَو جاءَني لَأَبَيتُهُ

وَمِن عِندِ رَبّي نُصرَتي وَمَعونَتي

وَمِن عِندِ رَبّي نُصرَتي وَمَعونَتي

Yet I think, were it to come to me, I would refuse it.

And I reckon that if it came to me I would refuse it,

And my support and my aid come from my Lord.

And from my Lord is my aid and my resource.

إِذا أَنا واراني التُرابُ فَخَلِّني

إِذا أَنا واراني التُرابُ فَخَلِّني

وَما أَنا فيهِ قَد كُفيتُ مَؤونَتي

وَما أَنا فيهِ قَد كُفيتُ مَؤونَتي

When the dust has covered me, leave me

When the dust comes to cover me, then leave me,

In the state I am in; I have already been relieved of my burden.

And with what I'm in, I've been sufficed provision.