1. مَنْ لي إِذا جُدْتُ بَينَ الأَهْلِ والوَلَدِ

    وَكانَ مِنّي نَحْوَ الموْتِ قيد يَدِ

    Who will help me when I yield up my soul among my family and children,

    And death is but a hand's breadth away from me?

  2. وَالدَّمْعُ يَهْمُلُ وَالأَنْفاسُ صَاعِدَةٌ

    فَالدَّمْعُ في صَبَبٍ والنَّفْسُ في صُعُدِ

    And tears stream down while breaths rise,

    So tears descend, while the soul ascends.

  3. ذَاكَ الْقَضَاءُ الذي لا شَيءَ يَصْرِفُهُ

    حَتَّى يُفَرِّقَ بينَ الرُّوحِ وَالجَسَدِ

    That is the decree which nothing can avert,

    Until it separates the soul from the body.