1. Return my soul appeased with pardon to my body
And restore my justice to the sweetness of contentment, absolving my crime,

2. And from the verses of your reproach, be for me a believer,
For it is great in my soul, though beyond my comprehension,

3. And that a man whom knowledge of his right elevates
Is too great to be shunned and excluded through speculation,

4. And I have not presumed upon you with any service
For which you rewarded with harm the attainment of perfection.

5. But yes I have, because I am a product of your age, a sanctity,
Which, if heeded, would make sublime my mark,

6. Shall I be thrown as prey to the fangs of misfortune
While you are a sword against misfortunes, decisive and sharp?

7. And your justice leaves the lowliest people free from wrong,
While the times do the least of men injustice.

8. And I am spurned without even a slip,
Though my closeness to you was renowned among Arabs and non-Arabs,

9. I was struck by one whose bow I used to bend
With an arrow, though it was my pillar and the star of my destiny.

10. So he cleared the way for my enemies to hurt me
And enabled my enviers to find the path to blaming me.

11. I submitted to the judgment of time because of him
Though part of submission was against my judgement.

12. And the noble qualities that have surrounded me
Draw me closer to you than a father or a mother,

13. In successive flows, the rain of his bounty poured down
To perfect, at the meadow, the one who knows the brand.

14. No branch that you planted at the root
And watered with generosity will ever dry out or waver.

15. Unless you turn my misdeeds into a mix that stills vengeance
And makes me walk before you according to my measure,

16. Do not persist in aloofness when its talk is outrageous,
So my purpose dwindled and the vigor of my resolve faded.

17. Show me some closeness and allow my watcher
A little nearness and make my heart turn from imagining,

18. For you were bountiful to me in fame among people and distinction
And made ample my share of attaining the sublime and wealth.

19. And you granted me speech, granter of speech to the mute, through dew,
So you made me, apart from all people, hearing though deaf.