1. قد كان ظني بأن الشيب يرشدني

    إذا أتى فإذا غيي به كثرا

    I had thought that gray hair would guide me aright

    when it came; yet lo, my waywardness grew with it.

  2. ولست أقنط من عفو الكريم وإن

    أسرفت جهلا فكم عافى وكم غفرا

    And I do not despair of the Generous One's pardon, even if

    I have transgressed in ignorance—for how often He has pardoned and forgiven!

  3. إن خص عفوا الهي المحسنين فمن

    يرجو المسيء ويدعو كلما عثرا

    If my God reserves pardon for the virtuous, then whom

    does the sinner hope in and call upon whenever he stumbles?