يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ

يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَايَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ

Yā Allāh bihā yā Allāh bihā, Yā Allāh biḥusni al-khātima

O Allah, with it, O Allah, with it, O Allah, with a good end!

يَا اهْلَ العُقُولِ السَّالِمَةْوَاهْلَ القُلُوبِ العَالِمَةْ

Yā hla al-ʿuqūli as-sālima, Wahla al-qulūbi al-ʿālima

O people of sound minds, and people of knowing hearts,

قُولُوا بِهِمَّةْ عَازِمَةْوَبِصِدْقِ نِيَّةْ جَازِمَةْ

Qūlū bihimma ʿāzima, Wabiṣidqi niyya jāzima

Say it with resolute aspiration and with sincere, firm intention,

فَهْيَ إِلَيْهَا المُنْتَهَىقَدْ قَالَ أَرْبَابُ النُّهَى

Fahya ilayhā al-muntahā, Qad qāla arbābu an-nuhā

For it is the final goal, as the people of intellect have said:

يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَادَعْوَةْ عَجِيبَةْ تَامَّةْ

Yā Allāh bihā yā Allāh bihā, Daʿwa ʿajība tāmma

"O Allah, with it, O Allah, with it": a wondrous, complete prayer.

يَا رَبَّنَا يَا رَبَّنَااُلْطُفْ بِنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا

Yā rabbanā yā rabbanā, Aṭ-ṭuf binā waghfir lanā

O our Lord, O our Lord, be gentle with us and forgive us,

وَاخْتِمْ بِخَيْرٍ إِنْ دَنَىإِبَّانَ يَوْمِ الطَّامَّةْ

Wakhtim bikhayrin in danā, Ibbāna yawmi aṭ-ṭāmma

And seal our lives with good when it draws near, the time of the Day of Catastrophe.

فَالمَوْتُ آتٍ عَنْ قَرِيبْكُلٌّ لَهُ مِنْهُ نَصِيبْ

Fa-al-mawtu ʾātin ʿan qarīb, Kullun lahu minhu naṣīb

For death is coming soon; everyone has a share of it;

مَنْ كَانَ دَانٍ أَوْ نَسِيبْفَهْوَ مُصِيبَةْ عَامَّةْ

Man kāna dānin aw nasīb, Fahwa muṣība ʿāmma

Whoever is near or kin, it is a general calamity.

ثُمَّ إِذَا مُتَّ أَتَوْكْوَغَسَّلُوكَ وَكَفَّنُوكْ

Thumma idhā mutta atawk, Waghassalūka wakaffanūk

Then when you die they come to you, wash you and shroud you,

وَشَيَّعُوكْ وَأَلْحَدُوكْوَصِرْتَ جِيفَةْ خَامَّةْ

Washayyaʿūk waʾalḥadūk, Waṣirta jīfa khāmma

Escort you and lay you in the grave, and you become a rotting corpse.

يَارَبِّ كُنْ لِي يَا مُعِينْإِذَا رَشَحْ عَظْمُ الجَبِينْ

Yārabbi kun lī yā muʿīn, Idhā rashaḥ ʿaẓmu al-jabīn

O Lord, be with me, O Helper, when the brow breaks out in sweat,

وَاخْتِمْ إِلَهِي بِاليَقِينْمِنْ قَبْلِ لَوْمِ اللَّائِمَةْ

Wakhtim ilahī bi-al-yaqīn, Min qabli lawmi al-lāʾima

And seal my life, my God, with certainty before the blamer's blame.

دُنْيَاكَ مَا هِي لِلْمَقَرّوَإِنَّمَا هِي لِلْمَمَرّ

Dunyāka mā hī lilmaqarr, Waʾinnamā hī lilmamarr

Your world is not a place to settle, it is only a passage;

فَافْكِرْ وَأَمْعِنْ فِي النَّظَرْوَلَاتَكُنْ كَالسَّائِمَةْ

Fafkir waʾamʿin fī an-naẓar, Walātakun ka-as-sāʾima

So reflect and look deeply, and do not be like grazing cattle.

يَا رَبِّ مَا مَعْنَا عَمَلْوَكَسْبُنَا كُلُّهْ زَلَلْ

Yā rabbi mā maʿnā ʿamal, Wakasbunā kulluh zalal

O Lord, we have no deeds, and all our earnings are slips,

لَكِنْ لَنَا فِيكَ أَمَلْتُحْيِي العِظَامَ الرَّامَّةْ

Lakin lanā fīka amal, Tuḥyī al-ʿiẓāma ar-rāmma

But we have hope in You, who revive the decayed bones.

قَدْ حَانَ حِيْنُ الِانْتِقَالْوَالعُمْرُ وَلَّى فِي ضَلَالْ

Qad ḥāna ḥiynu al-āntiqāl, Wa-al-ʿumru wallā fī ḍalāl

The time of departure has come, and life has passed in error,

لَكِنِّي أَرْجُو ذَا الجَلَالْبِجَاهْ وَالِدْ فَاطِمَةْ

Lakinnī arjū dhā al-jalāl, Bijāh wālid fāṭima

But I hope in the Possessor of Majesty, by the rank of Fatima's father.

بِجَاهْ وَالِد فَاطِمَةْاُمْنُنْ بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ

Bijāh wālid fāṭima, Umnun biḥusni al-khātima

By the rank of Fatima's father, grant us a good end.