إِذَا ما المَوْت أَقْبَلَ قَبْلَ قَوْمٍ

إِذَا ما المَوْت أَقْبَلَ قَبْلَ قَوْمٍ

أَكَبَّ الحَظُّ وَانْتَقَصَ العَدِيدُ

أَكَبَّ الحَظُّ وَانْتَقَصَ العَدِيدُ

When death comes before a people,

When death comes upon a people,

Fortune falls headlong, and their numbers dwindle.

Luck fails and numbers dwindle.

أَرانا لا يُفيقُ المَوْتُ مِنَّا

أَرانا لا يُفيقُ المَوْتُ مِنَّا

كَأَنَّ المَوْتَ إِيَّانَا يَكِيدُ

كَأَنَّ المَوْتَ إِيَّانَا يَكِيدُ

I see that death never lets up on us,

It seems that death will not spare us -

As though death were plotting against us.

As if death is plotting against us.