فَعُقبى كُلِّ شَيءٍ نَحنُ فيهِ

فَعُقبى كُلِّ شَيءٍ نَحنُ فيهِ

مِنَ الجَمعِ الكَثيفِ إِلى شَتاتِ

مِنَ الجَمعِ الكَثيفِ إِلى شَتاتِ

So the final fate of everything we are part of

The end of everything we are in

Is to pass from dense gathering to dispersal.

Is from a dense gathering to scattering

وَما حُزناهُ مِن حلٍّ وَحُرمٍ

وَما حُزناهُ مِن حلٍّ وَحُرمٍ

يُوَزَّعُ في البَنينِ وَفي البَناتِ

يُوَزَّعُ في البَنينِ وَفي البَناتِ

And whatever we amassed, lawful or forbidden,

And our sadness over settlement and deprivation

Is distributed among the sons and daughters,

Is distributed among the sons and daughters

وَفيمَن لَم نُؤَهِّلهُم بِفلسٍ

وَفيمَن لَم نُؤَهِّلهُم بِفلسٍ

وَقيمَةِ حَبَّةٍ قَبلَ المَماتِ

وَقيمَةِ حَبَّةٍ قَبلَ المَماتِ

And among those we had not deemed worthy of a copper coin

And those we did not prepare with money

Or the value of a grain before death.

Or the value of a seed before death

وَتَنسانا الأَحِبَّةُ بَعدَ عَشرٍ

وَتَنسانا الأَحِبَّةُ بَعدَ عَشرٍ

وَقَد صِرنا عِظاماً بالِياتِ

وَقَد صِرنا عِظاماً بالِياتِ

And our loved ones forget us after ten,

And the loved ones forget us after ten years

When we have already become decaying bones,

When we have become decaying bones

كَأَنّا لَم نُعاشِرهُم بِوُدٍّ

كَأَنّا لَم نُعاشِرهُم بِوُدٍّ

وَلَم يَكُ فيهِمُ خِلٌّ مُؤاتِ

وَلَم يَكُ فيهِمُ خِلٌّ مُؤاتِ

As though we had never kept their company with affection,

As if we did not live with them in affection

And there had been no congenial friend among them.

Or have an intimate friend among them