تذكر الموت موتٌ فاستعِدَّ له

تذكر الموت موتٌ فاستعِدَّ له

يوماً فيوماً وتُب إن كنت تجهلُهُ

يوماً فيوماً وتُب إن كنت تجهلُهُ

Remembering death is a death; so prepare for it

Remember death, prepare for it

day by day, and repent if you are ignorant of it.

Day after day, and repent if you are ignorant of it

من خاف موتاً رأى زهداً وقَطْعَ هوىً

من خاف موتاً رأى زهداً وقَطْعَ هوىً

فاعتدَّ هذا بهذا لست تُهملُهُ

فاعتدَّ هذا بهذا لست تُهملُهُ

Whoever fears death sees renunciation and the severing of desire.

Whoever fears death will see asceticism and cutting off desires

So reckon this as that; you will not neglect it.

So beware of this by that, do not neglect it

ما كل من يتمنى الموت ممتدحاً

ما كل من يتمنى الموت ممتدحاً

كلّا ولا كل من يهواه يَعقِلُهُ

كلّا ولا كل من يهواه يَعقِلُهُ

Not everyone who wishes for death is praiseworthy;

Not everyone who wishes for death praised

no, nor does everyone who longs for it understand it.

No, and not everyone who loves it comprehends it

بل من رآه بروح اللَه مكتملاً

بل من رآه بروح اللَه مكتملاً

بالفضل والحب نحو اللَه ينقله

بالفضل والحب نحو اللَه ينقله

Rather, whoever sees it through God's Spirit, perfected

But whoever sees it complete with God's spirit

by virtue and love, is carried by it toward God.

With grace and love towards God carries him

تذكُّرُ الموت يطفي شهوتي فإذا

تذكُّرُ الموت يطفي شهوتي فإذا

أطفأتُها جئت نحو الموت أسأله

أطفأتُها جئت نحو الموت أسأله

Remembering death quenches my desire; and when

Remembering death extinguishes my passions so when

I had quenched it, I came toward death to question it:

I extinguish them, I come to death and ask it

ما أنت قل لي أجاب اسمعْ لتفهمني

ما أنت قل لي أجاب اسمعْ لتفهمني

الموت بابٌ ودار الخلد مُدخَله

الموت بابٌ ودار الخلد مُدخَله

“What are you? Tell me.” It answered: Listen, so you may understand me.

What are you, tell me, it answered listen to understand me

Death is a gate, and the abode of eternity is where it leads.

Death is a door and the house of eternity its entrance

اذكر عواقبَك الجلَّى فأنت إذا

اذكر عواقبَك الجلَّى فأنت إذا

ذكرتها قلت إثمي لستُ أفعله

ذكرتها قلت إثمي لستُ أفعله

Remember your momentous final outcomes; for when you

Remember your consequences clearly so you when

recall them, you say, “My sin—I will not commit it.”

You remember them, you say my sins I will not do them

متِ اختياراً تعُد بالموت ملتزماً

متِ اختياراً تعُد بالموت ملتزماً

طوبى لملتزمٍ فالموت يُمهله

طوبى لملتزمٍ فالموت يُمهله

Die by choice, and you will become committed to death.

Die willingly, promising death committed

Blessed is the committed one, for death grants him respite.

Blessed is the committed, for death gives him respite