غَدَونا مُثقَلينَ بِما اِكتَسَبنا

غَدَونا مُثقَلينَ بِما اِكتَسَبنا

وَعَلَّ العَفوَ مِنهُ سَوفَ يُعفي

وَعَلَّ العَفوَ مِنهُ سَوفَ يُعفي

We have become burdened with what we have earned.

We rose burdened with all we had gained

And perhaps forgiveness from Him will absolve us.

And he will grant us pardon for it all

وَفِكري سَلَّ حُبَّ المالِ مِنّي

وَفِكري سَلَّ حُبَّ المالِ مِنّي

وَوَجدي بِالحَياةِ أَطالَ شَعفي

وَوَجدي بِالحَياةِ أَطالَ شَعفي

And my reflection has drawn the love of wealth out of me.

My thoughts shed the love of money from me

And my passion for life has prolonged my ardor.

And found in life my desires prolonged

وَكَونُ الجِسمِ في جَسَدي خَبيّاً

وَكَونُ الجِسمِ في جَسَدي خَبيّاً

أَشَقُّ عَلَيهِ مِن هَرَمٍ وَضُعفِ

أَشَقُّ عَلَيهِ مِن هَرَمٍ وَضُعفِ

And the body's lying hidden within my flesh

And my body becoming frail in my frame

Is harder on it than old age and weakness.

Is harder on me than weakness and age

سَتَضرِبُني الحَوادِثُ في نَظيري

سَتَضرِبُني الحَوادِثُ في نَظيري

فَتَمحَقُني وَلا أَزدادُ ضِعفي

فَتَمحَقُني وَلا أَزدادُ ضِعفي

Calamities will multiply me by my equal,

Misfortunes will strike their like in me

Then annihilate me, without my growing twofold.

Crushing me though I grow no weaker

وَتَنزِلُني سُيولُ الدَهرِ كُرهاً

وَتَنزِلُني سُيولُ الدَهرِ كُرهاً

إِلى وادي مِن جَبَلي وَنَعفي

إِلى وادي مِن جَبَلي وَنَعفي

And time's torrents will bear me down against my will,

And the torrents of time will take me down

To my valley, from my mountain and my slope.

To a valley from my mountain and palm