بَدَأَ المَماتُ يَدِبُّ في أَترابي

بَدَأَ المَماتُ يَدِبُّ في أَترابي

وَبَدَأتُ أَعرِفُ وَحشَةَ الأَحبابِ

وَبَدَأتُ أَعرِفُ وَحشَةَ الأَحبابِ

Death has begun to creep among my peers,

Death has begun to creep into my bones

And I have begun to know the loneliness of losing loved ones.

And I've begun to know the loneliness of loved ones

يا بابِلِيُّ فِداكَ إِلفُكَ في الصِبا

يا بابِلِيُّ فِداكَ إِلفُكَ في الصِبا

وَفِدا شَبابِكَ في التُرابِ شَبابي

وَفِدا شَبابِكَ في التُرابِ شَبابي

O Babili, may your childhood companion be your ransom,

O Babylon, your friendship in youth is dear

And my youth a ransom for your youth in the dust.

And youth itself lies dead in the dust

قَد كُنتَ خُلصاني وَمَوضِعَ حاجَتي

قَد كُنتَ خُلصاني وَمَوضِعَ حاجَتي

وَمَقَرَّ آمالي وَخَيرَ صِحابي

وَمَقَرَّ آمالي وَخَيرَ صِحابي

You were my closest friends in one, and the refuge for my need,

You were my confidant, my recourse in time of need

And the home of my hopes, and the best of my companions.

My hope, my best of friends

فَاِذهَب كَما ذَهَبَ الكِرامُ مُشَيَّعاً

فَاِذهَب كَما ذَهَبَ الكِرامُ مُشَيَّعاً

بِالمَجدِ مَبكِيّاً مِنَ الأَحبابِ

بِالمَجدِ مَبكِيّاً مِنَ الأَحبابِ

So depart as the noble have departed, escorted

So go, as the noble ones went before you

By glory, mourned by loved ones.

Glorious, mourned by friends