1. أَصبَحتُ وَاللَهِ مَحسوداً عَلى أَمَدٍ

    مِنَ الحَياةِ قَصيرٍ غَيرَ مُمتَدِّ

    I have become, by God, envied for a span

    Of life that is short and not prolonged.

  2. حَتّى بَقيتُ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ في خَلَفِ

    كَأَنَّني بَينَهُم مِن خَشيَةِ وَحدي

    Until, praise be to God, I was left among a later generation,

    As though, out of fear, I were alone among them.

  3. وَما أُفارِقُ يَوماً مَن أُفارِقُهُ

    إِلّا حَسِبتُ فراقي آخِرَ العَهدِ

    And never, on any day, do I part from anyone

    Without thinking my parting is the last farewell.

  4. اِنظُر إِلَيَّ إِذا أُدرِجتُ في كَفَني

    وَاِنظُر إِلَيَّ إِذا أُدرِجتُ في اللَحدِ

    Look at me when I am wrapped in my shroud,

    And look at me when I am laid in the grave's niche.

  5. وَاِقعُد قَليلاً وَعايِن مَن يُقيمُ مَعي

    مِمَّن يُشَيُّعُ نَعشي مِن ذَوي وُدّي

    And sit a little while, and observe who stays with me

    Among those who escort my bier, among those I hold dear.

  6. هَيهاتَ كُلُّهُم في شَأنِهِ لعِبٌ

    يَرمي التُرابَ وَيَحثوهُ عَلى خَدّي

    Far from it! Each is at play, absorbed in his own affairs,

    Casting earth and scattering it by handfuls upon my cheek.