أَعْدَى عَلَيَّ الشِّعْرُ كُلَّ سَفِيهٍ

أَعْدَى عَلَيَّ الشِّعْرُ كُلَّ سَفِيهٍ

فَتَرَكْتُهُ إِذَّاكَ زُهْداً فِيهِ

فَتَرَكْتُهُ إِذَّاكَ زُهْداً فِيهِ

Poetry turned every fool against me,

Poetry of every foolish one has transgressed against me

Poetry has incited every fool against me,

So I abandoned it then, no longer desiring it.

So I abandoned it then, with disinterest in it

So I abandoned it then, in pure renunciation.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ الرَّحْمَانَ مِمَّا صُغْتُهُ

أَسْتَغْفِرُ الرَّحْمَانَ مِمَّا صُغْتُهُ

مِنْ حِلْيَهِ الأَسْنَى لِغَيْرِ ذَوِيهِ

مِنْ حِلْيَهِ الأَسْنَى لِغَيْرِ ذَوِيهِ

I seek the All-Merciful’s forgiveness for what I fashioned

I ask the Most Merciful for forgiveness for what I listened to

I seek forgiveness from the Most Merciful for what I have fashioned

Of its most splendid adornments for those unworthy of it.

Of its fine adornments, to other than its rightful owners

Of its most radiant ornaments for those unworthy of them.