1. هَذا زَمانٌ لَيسَ في أَهلِهِ

    إِلّا لِأَن تَهجِرَهُ أَهلُ

    This is an age in which none of its people

    is worthy of anything but being shunned by you.

  2. جَميعُنا يَخبِطُ في حِندِسٍ

    قَدِ اِستَوى الناشِئُ وَالكَهلُ

    We all stumble about in pitch darkness;

    the young and the middle-aged have become alike.

  3. حانَ رَحيلُ النَفسِ عَن عالَمٍ

    ما هُوَ إِلّا الغَدرُ وَالجَهلُ

    The time has come for the soul to leave a world

    that is nothing but treachery and ignorance.

  4. قَد فَنِيَ الوَقتُ فَما حيلَتي

    إِذا اِنقَضى الإِمهالُ وَالمَهلُ

    Time has run out—what recourse have I

    when reprieve and respite come to an end?

  5. إِن خَتَمَ اللَهُ بِغُفرانِهِ

    فَكُلُّ ما لاقَيتُهُ سَهلُ

    If God seals it with His forgiveness,

    then all I have faced is easy to bear.