المسلمون في كيبيك

إِذا كانَ أَمرُ اللَهِ أَمراً يُقَدَّرُ
If God’s decree is destined to be fulfilled

فَكَيفَ يَفِرُّ المَرءُ مِنهُ وَيَحذَرُ
Then how can a person flee from it or guard against it

وَمَن ذا يَرُدُّ المَوتَ أَو يَدفَعُ القَضا
Who can turn back death or repel divine destiny

وَضَربَتُهُ مَحتومَةٌ لَيسَ تَعثَرُ
When its blow is decreed it never fails its mark

لَقَد هانَ عِندي الدَهرُ لَمّا عَرَفتُهُ
Time became insignificant to me once I truly understood it

وَإِنّي بِما تَأتي المُلِمّاتُ أَخبَرُ
And I know well the hardships that fate inevitably brings

وَلَيسَ سِباعُ البَرِّ مِثلَ ضِباعِهِ
hyenas are unlike the lions

وَلا كُلُّ مَن خاضَ العَجاجَةَ عَنتَرُ
And not everyone who charges into the dust of battle is Antarah