تزود من التقوى فانك لا تدري اذا جن الليل هل تعيش الي الفجر

Take a provision of Taqwa, because you don’t know

When the night covers you whether you will live until the morning

كم من فتا امس و اصبح ضاحكا و قد نسجت اكفانه و هو لا يدري

How many youth were laughing in the evening or the morning

While their coffins were being cut out and they were unaware

و كم من صغار يرتجي طول عمرهم وقد ادخلت اجسامهم ظلمة القبر

How many youngsters’ lives were planned out

And their bodies are being put into the darkness of the grave

و كم من عروس زينواها لزوجها و قد قبضت ارواحهم ليلة القدر

How many brides were being adorned for their husbands

While their souls had been written down amongst the dead on the night of decree

  و كم من صحيح مات بغيرعلة و كم من سقيم عاش حين من الدهر

How many healthy people die without any reason

And how many sick people go on living and living

فلا تركنن الي الدنيا و ما فيها  فان الموت لا شك يفنينا و يفنيها

Do not rely on this world and what is in it

Because, without a doubt, death will cause us and it to perish

Source:

Maulana Uthman from UK.