عَليكَYou should hold fast بِماto what يُثنَىpraise is given عَليكto you بِهِfor it وَماand what
عَليكَ بِما يُثنَى عَليك بِهِ وَما
تَدومُendures بِهِthrough it ذِكراكَyour memory بِالخَيرِwith good repute فيthroughout الدَّهرِthe ages
تَدومُ بِهِ ذِكراكَ بِالخَيرِ في الدَّهرِ
Devote yourself to what earns you praise, and what
keeps your memory honored throughout the ages.
فَإِنْfor if مِتَّyou die فَالأَحياءُthen the living تَذكُرremember you بَينَهمamong themselves
فَإِنْ مِتَّ فَالأَحياءُ تَذكُر بَينَهم
وَمِنهمand from them لَكَfor you الذّكرىremembrance تعدُّis counted مِنas part of العُمرِlife
وَمِنهم لَكَ الذّكرى تعدُّ مِن العُمرِ
For if you die, the living will remember you among themselves,
and their remembrance of you counts as part of your life.