1. I did not prefer in my religion and monotheism
The deceptions of progeny over my provision and what I was given
١. ما كُنت أُؤثر في دِيني وَتَوحيدي
خَوادع الآل عَن زادي وَمورودي
2. They fooled me and because of my lineage that my narration
Filled my thirst from the far off/remote well
٢. غَررنَ بي وَبِحَسبي أَن رِوايَتي
مَلأى هريقت عَلى ظَمَأي مِن البيد
3. I emptied it and in spite of me that it flowed down
White like the soul in the darkness of misfortune
٣. أَفرَغتها وَبَرَغمي أَنَّها اِنحَدَرَت
بَيضاء كَالروح في سَوداء صَيخود
4. And I went not satisfied with my water at the water-place
Water, nor it with my provision with what makes happy
٤. وَرُحت لا أَنا عَن مائي بِمُنتَهل
ماء وَلا أَنها عَن زادي بِمَسعود
5. Doubt pains me, my doubt, and I search for
The coolness of certainty in which my efforts disappear
٥. أَشك يُؤلِمُني شَكي وَاَبحَث عَن
بَرد اليَقين فَيفنى فيهِ مَجهودي
6. I doubt not from my consent, and it kills me
My doubt, and from its obsession my firewood withers
٦. أَشك لا عَن رِضا مِني وَيَقتُلُني
شَكي وَيَذبَل مِن وَسواسه عودي
7. And how often I take refuge in the one mankind takes refuge in
And I seek shade in the straying of misfortune
٧. وَكَم أَلوذ بِمَن لاذَ الأَنام بِهِ
وَأَبتَغي الظل في تَيهاء صَيهود
8. God is for me and for the establishment of religion from suspicion
The mad of opinion revolved around my object of worship
٨. اللَهُ لِي وَلصرح الدين مِن رَيب
مَجنونة الرَأي ثارَت حَولَ مَعبودي
9. If it deceived me in my devotion so how much did
The risks enter into my religion and monotheism
٩. إِن رَاوَغَتني في نُسكي فَكَم وَلَجَت
بِي المَخاطر في دِيني وَتَوحيدي