1. قبر ابن آدم أيا زرته انتدبا

    لأن تعده فينا أخطب الخطبا

    The grave of a son of Adam—whichever you visit—offers itself

    for you to count it among us as the most eloquent of orators.

  2. كأنه ترجمان الميت يفصح أن

    لا حي الحي منه يمنح الهربا

    As though it were the dead one's interpreter, declaring that

    the Ever-Living grants no living soul escape from it.

  3. فانصت بقلب لما يوحيه باطنه

    فقوله الحق إذ لا يعرف الكذبا

    So listen with your heart to what its depths reveal;

    for its speech is truth, since it knows no falsehood.

  4. يستودع البعض بعضا في التراب على

    رغم الأنوف وكل سالك حدبا

    Some entrust others to the dust, against

    their will; and each treads a hill.

  5. نرجو الحياة وما طول الحياة سوى

    تقريبنا الموت إذ كانت له سببا

    We hope for life, yet the length of life is nothing but

    bringing us nearer death, since life is its cause.

  6. قالوا حياتك أتعاب فقلت لهم

    يا ليت شعري أينفي فقدها التعبا

    They said, 'Your life is toil'; so I said to them:

    'Would that I knew: does losing it dispel weariness?'

  7. من شك طالت به الأوهام خابطة

    فالعقل أعجز من أن يخرق الحجبا

    Whoever doubts is long beset by blindly wandering delusions;

    for reason is too weak to pierce the veils.

  8. طوبى لمعتقد يحظى براحته

    دنيا وأخرى وتعسا للذي اضطربا

    Blessed is the believer who enjoys his peace

    in this world and the next; and woe to whoever wavers.

  9. قل هكذا في الورى كانت إرادته

    ولم يكن غير ما في لوحه كتبا

    Say: thus was His will among humankind,

    and nothing came to be but what was written on His tablet.

  10. قد جاءت الرسل بشرى وهي منبئة

    بواحد خلق الأكوان والحقبا

    Indeed, the messengers came with glad tidings, bringing word

    of One who created the worlds and the ages.

  11. فمن هدى اللّه نجاه فأمّنه

    وبالأخير لهم قد أكرم العربا

    So whoever God guides, He saves and grants him safety;

    and through the last of them He has honored the Arabs.