Transliteration of the Arabic Lyrics:

Aya man yadda‘i al-fahm, ila kam ya akha al-wahm
Tu‘abbi al-dhanba wa al-dhamm, wa tukhti al-khata al-jamm
Ama ban laka al-‘ayb, ama andharaka al-shayb
Wa ma fi nushihi rayb, wa la sam‘uka qad summ

Ama nada bika al-mawt, ama asma‘aka al-sawt
Ama takhsha min al-fawt, fatahtat wa tahtamm
Fakam tasdaru fi al-sahw, wa takhtalu min al-zahw
Wa tansab ila al-lahw, ka’anna al-mawt ma ‘amm

Wa hattam tajafik, wa ibta’u talafik
Tiba‘an jama‘at fik, ‘uyuban shamlaha indhamm
Idha askhatta mawlak, fa ma taqlaq min dhak
Wa in akhfakta mas‘ak, taladhayta min al-hamm

Wa in laha laka al-naqsh, min al-asfar ihtash
Wa in marra bika al-na‘sh, taghammamta wa la gham
Tu‘asi al-nasih al-barr, wa ta‘tas wa tazwar
Wa tanqadu liman gharr, wa man mana wa man namm

Wa tas‘a fi hawa al-nafs, wa tahtalu ‘ala al-fals
Wa tansa zhulmat al-ramas, wa la tadhkuru ma thamm
Wa law lahasaka al-hazz, lama taha bika al-lahz
Wa la kunta idha al-wa‘z, jala al-ahzan taghtamm

Satudhri al-dam la al-dam‘, idha ‘ayanta la jam‘
Yaqi fi ‘arsat al-jam‘, wa la khal wa la ‘amm
Ka’anni bika tanhatt, ila al-lahd wa tanghatt
Wa qad aslamaka al-raht, ila adyaq min samm

Hunak al-jism mumdud, liyasta’kilahu al-dud
Ila an yunkhara al-‘ud, wa yumsi al-‘azm qad ramm
Wa min ba‘d fa la budd, min al-‘ard idha ‘udd
Sirat jasruhu mudd, ‘ala al-nar liman amm

Fakam min murshid dall, wa min dhi ‘izzatin dhall
Wa kam min ‘alimin zall, wa qala al-khatbu qad tamm
Fabadir ayyaha al-ghumr, lima yahlu bihi al-murr
Faqad kada yahi al-‘umr, wa ma aqla‘ta ‘an dhamm

Wa la tarkan ila al-dahr, wa in lan wa in sarr
Fatulfa kaman ightarr, bi‘af‘a tanfuthu al-summ
Wa khaffid min taraqik, fa inna al-mawt laqik
Wa sari fi taraqik, wa ma yankulu in hamm

Wa janib sa‘ar al-khadd, idha sa‘adaka al-jadd
Wa zumm al-lafz in nadd, fa ma as‘ada man zamm
Wa naffis ‘an akhi al-bath, wa saddiqhu idha nath
Wa rumm al-‘amal al-rath, faqad aflaha man rumm

Wa rish man rishu anhas, bima ‘amm wa ma khass
Wa la tasa ‘ala al-naqs, wa la tahris ‘ala al-lamm
Wa ‘ad al-khuluq al-radhil, wa ‘awwid kaffaka al-badhil
Wa la tastami‘ al-‘adhl, wa nazzihha ‘an al-dhamm

Wa zawwid nafsaka al-khayr, wa da‘ ma yu‘qibu al-dhayr
Wa hayyi’ markaba al-sayr, wa khaf min lughat al-yamm
Bi-dha awsika ya sah, wa qad buhtu kaman bah
Fa tuba li-fata rah, bi-adabi ya’tamm