جهلت أصول الدين ثم ارتقبت من

جهلت أصول الدين ثم ارتقبت من

بلية وهم الجهل للنكر والكفر

بلية وهم الجهل للنكر والكفر

You knew not the foundations of faith, then waited, because of

I was ignorant of the fundamentals of religion, then I expected

the affliction of ignorance's delusion, for denial and unbelief.

Disaster, for ignorance leads to denial and blasphemy

وظنيت أن الفهم والعقل والعلا

وظنيت أن الفهم والعقل والعلا

بزيغك عن دين به رفعة القدر

بزيغك عن دين به رفعة القدر

And you thought that understanding, reason, and eminence

And I thought understanding, reason and knowledge

lay in your straying from a faith that confers exalted standing.

Would lead you astray from the religion of high worth

وحاولت إحكام الطبيعة جاهلاً

وحاولت إحكام الطبيعة جاهلاً

ولم تدر يا مغرور أنك لا تدري

ولم تدر يا مغرور أنك لا تدري

And, ignorant, you tried to master nature,

And I tried foolishly to master nature

and did not know, deluded one, that you do not know.

Not knowing, o deluded one, that you do not know

وخليت أمر اللَه ملقى على القفا

وخليت أمر اللَه ملقى على القفا

وصيرت ميزان الضلال على الصدر

وصيرت ميزان الضلال على الصدر

And you left God's command cast upon your nape,

And I left God's command behind my back

and set the scales of error upon your breast.

And made the balance of misguidance upon my chest

لعمري ما أفلحت يا أحمق الورى

لعمري ما أفلحت يا أحمق الورى

وسيرك هذا بدء عاقبة الشر

وسيرك هذا بدء عاقبة الشر

By my life, you have not prospered, O most foolish of humankind!

By my life! You did not succeed, o most foolish of creation

And this course of yours is the beginning of an evil outcome.

And this conduct of yours is the beginning of evil's consequence

ألم تدر أن الأجنبي إذا درى

ألم تدر أن الأجنبي إذا درى

شؤونك فيما أنت فيه من الحسر

شؤونك فيما أنت فيه من الحسر

Did you not know that the foreigner, if he learns

Did you not know that when a foreigner understands

your affairs amid the distress you endure,

Your affairs amidst the grief you are in

وحقق منك الكذب والزور والخنا

وحقق منك الكذب والزور والخنا

ودورك في شطحا الخيانة والمكر

ودورك في شطحا الخيانة والمكر

and verifies your lies, falsehood, and obscenity,

And sees in you lies, falsehood, betrayal and cunning

and your role in the excesses of treachery and deceit,

And your role in the ravings of treachery and deception

وقولك بالبهتان في دينك الذي

وقولك بالبهتان في دينك الذي

ولدت به ثم انحرفت عن الأمر

ولدت به ثم انحرفت عن الأمر

and your slander against your faith, in which

And your words of slander about your religion in which

you were born, then strayed from the command,

You were born but then deviated from the right path

وتضييعك الحكم الإلهي بعد ما

وتضييعك الحكم الإلهي بعد ما

نشأت به طفلاً وأرشدك المقري

نشأت به طفلاً وأرشدك المقري

and your neglect of the divine ordinance after

And your wasting of the divine ordinance after

you grew up with it as a child and the recitation teacher guided you...

You were raised by it as a child and guided by the teacher

وبعدك من مولاك يكفيك ذلةٌ

وبعدك من مولاك يكفيك ذلةٌ

فتباً كما تدري لعمرك من عمر

فتباً كما تدري لعمرك من عمر

And your distance from your Lord is humiliation enough.

And your distance from your Master is enough disgrace

So, as you know, woe to your life—what a lifetime!

So woe to you, as you know, by your life from among lives

فلو كنت ذا عققلٍ ورأى وهمة

فلو كنت ذا عققلٍ ورأى وهمة

تمسكت بالمولى مع الذكر والشكر

تمسكت بالمولى مع الذكر والشكر

So, had you possessed reason, judgment, and resolve,

If you had intellect, perception and resolve

you would have held fast to the Lord with remembrance and gratitude,

You would have held fast to the Master with mention and gratitude

واتقئت حسن السعى بالصبر والرضا

واتقئت حسن السعى بالصبر والرضا

ولم تشتغل قلباً بزيدٍ ولا عمر

ولم تشتغل قلباً بزيدٍ ولا عمر

and perfected [probable reading] good striving through patience and contentment,

And attained excellent endeavor with patience and contentment

and not occupied your heart with Zayd or Umar.

And did not busy your heart with increase or decrease of wealth

ولكن دهاك الوهم والزيغ والهوى

ولكن دهاك الوهم والزيغ والهوى

أعوذ بسر اللَه من ضربة المكر

أعوذ بسر اللَه من ضربة المكر

But delusion, deviation, and desire have overwhelmed you.

But fantasy, deviance and passions misguided you

I seek refuge in God's secret from the blow of deceit.

I seek refuge in God's mystery from the stroke of cunning

إذا ضاع عز الدين فالعز ضائع

إذا ضاع عز الدين فالعز ضائع

وإن صيح هذا العز لا كسر للجبر

وإن صيح هذا العز لا كسر للجبر

If religion's glory is lost, glory is lost;

When the honor of religion is lost, honor itself is lost

and if this glory is proclaimed, there is no fracture to mend.

And though this honor cries out, there is no breaking of fate