يا روحُ شَخصي مَنزِلٌ أُو طَنتَهُ

يا روحُ شَخصي مَنزِلٌ أُو طَنتَهُ

وَرَحَلتِ عَنهُ فَهَل أَسِفتِ وَقَد هُدِم

وَرَحَلتِ عَنهُ فَهَل أَسِفتِ وَقَد هُدِم

O soul, my body is a dwelling you inhabited.

O my soul, the abode you built and departed from

And you left it; did you grieve when it was demolished?

Have you grieved since it was demolished?

عيدَ المَريضُ وَعاوَنَتهُ خَوادِمٌ

عيدَ المَريضُ وَعاوَنَتهُ خَوادِمٌ

ثُمَّ اِنتَقَلتِ فَما أُعينَ وَلا خُدِم

ثُمَّ اِنتَقَلتِ فَما أُعينَ وَلا خُدِم

The sick man was visited, and maidservants helped him.

The sick man has recovered and servants attended him

Then you departed, and he was neither helped nor served.

Then you departed, with no eyes wet or hands busy.

لَقَدِ اِستَراحَ مُعَلَّلٌ وَمُساهِرٌ

لَقَدِ اِستَراحَ مُعَلَّلٌ وَمُساهِرٌ

مِنهُ وَإِن غَدَتِ النَوائِحُ تَلتَدِم

مِنهُ وَإِن غَدَتِ النَوائِحُ تَلتَدِم

The patient and his night attendant have indeed found rest

The ailing and wakeful found rest

From it, though the mourning women began beating themselves.

Though dirges still weep for them.

حَمَلوهُ بَعدَ مَجادِلٍ وَأَسِرَّةٍ

حَمَلوهُ بَعدَ مَجادِلٍ وَأَسِرَّةٍ

حَملَ الغَريبِ فَحُطَّ في بَيتٍ رُدِم

حَملَ الغَريبِ فَحُطَّ في بَيتٍ رُدِم

After castles and beds, they carried him

After disputes and sorrows they carried him

As a stranger is carried; he was laid in a house filled with earth.

And laid the stranger in a ruined house.

ما زالَ في تَعَبٍ وَهَمٍ دائِمٍ

ما زالَ في تَعَبٍ وَهَمٍ دائِمٍ

فَلَعَلَّهُ عَدِمَ الأَذاةَ بِأَن عُدِم

فَلَعَلَّهُ عَدِمَ الأَذاةَ بِأَن عُدِم

He was always in weariness and unceasing worry.

Still in constant toil and worry

So perhaps he escaped suffering by being no more.

Perhaps he ended suffering by ending.

لَو كانَ يَنطِقُ مَيِّتٌ لَسَأَلتُهُ

لَو كانَ يَنطِقُ مَيِّتٌ لَسَأَلتُهُ

ماذا أَحَسَّ وَما رَأى لَما قَدِم

ماذا أَحَسَّ وَما رَأى لَما قَدِم

If a dead man could speak, I would ask him

If the dead could speak I’d ask him

What he felt and what he saw when he arrived.

What he felt and saw when he arrived.

إِن تَثوِ في دارِ الجِنانِ فَإِنَّما

إِن تَثوِ في دارِ الجِنانِ فَإِنَّما

فارَقتَ مِن دُنياكَ ناراً تَحتَدِم

فارَقتَ مِن دُنياكَ ناراً تَحتَدِم

If you dwell in the abode of Paradise, you have merely

If you prosper in the gardens of paradise

Left your earthly world's fiercely raging fire.

You left a world aflame behind you.

مَن ذا يَلومُكَ في هَواكَ مَسيئَةً

مَن ذا يَلومُكَ في هَواكَ مَسيئَةً

كُلُّ الأَنامِ بِحُبِّها كَلِفٌ سَدِم

كُلُّ الأَنامِ بِحُبِّها كَلِفٌ سَدِم

Who can blame you for loving one who wrongs you?

Who would blame you for your transgressions in passion?

All humankind are infatuated with her, and grief-stricken.

All people are burdened with a similar yoke.

فَاِعذِر خَليلَكَ إِن جَفاكَ وَلا تَجِد

فَاِعذِر خَليلَكَ إِن جَفاكَ وَلا تَجِد

وَإِذا الزِيارَةُ ساعَفَتكَ فَلا تُدِم

وَإِذا الزِيارَةُ ساعَفَتكَ فَلا تُدِم

So pardon your friend if he shuns you, and do not be angry.

Forgive your friend if he shunned you

And if a visit becomes possible for you, do not prolong it.

And do not linger when visiting him.

بِئسَ العَشيرُ أَنا الغَداةَ

بِئسَ العَشيرُ أَنا الغَداةَ

وَصَاحِبي مِثلي فَإِنّي ما نَدِمتُ وَلا نَدِم

وَصَاحِبي مِثلي فَإِنّي ما نَدِمتُ وَلا نَدِم

What a wretched companion I am this morning!

Evil kin am I in the mornings

And my companion is like me, for I have felt no regret, nor has he.

And my friend likewise, but I regret not nor does he.