1. لَقَد طالَ الزَمانُ عَلَيَّ حَتّى

    غَدَوتُ وَلي إِلى الدُنيا رُكونُ

    Time has indeed drawn on so long for me that

    I have come to lean upon this world.

  2. فَلا أُغرَر إِذا أَجَلي خَطاني

    سَيَأتي المَوتُ أَغفَلَ ما أَكونُ

    So let me not be deceived if my appointed end has passed me by:

    Death will come when I am most heedless.

  3. وَيَلحَقُ بِالثَرى جَسَدٌ هَباءٌ

    عَلى حَرَكاتِهِ وَرَدَ السُكونُ

    And a body, mere dust, will join the soil,

    Upon whose movements stillness has descended.