منwhoever كانwas يَهوىlongs أنto يعيشَlive فإنَّنيbut indeed I
من كان يَهوى أن يعيشَ فإنَّني
أصبحتُI have become آملُI hope أنto أموتَdie فأعتقاand thus be freed
أصبحتُ آملُ أن أموتَ فأعتقا
Whoever longs to live—as for me,
Whoever desires to live, as for me
I now hope to die and thus be set free.
I've come to hope that I die and gain deliverance
فيin الموتِdeath ألفُa thousand فضيلةٍvirtue لوif أنَّهاthat they
في الموتِ ألفُ فضيلةٍ لو أنَّها
عُرفَتwere known لكانَthen it would be سبيلهُits proper course أنto يُعشَقاbe loved
عُرفَت لكانَ سبيلهُ أن يُعشَقا
In death are a thousand virtues; if they
In death there are a thousand virtues, if only
were known, it would rightly be loved.
They were known, the path to death would be loved