ما آنَ أَن أَرتاعَ لِل

ما آنَ أَن أَرتاعَ لِل

شَيبِ المُفَوَّفِ في عِذاري

شَيبِ المُفَوَّفِ في عِذاري

Has the time not come for me to take fright at the

It is not that I have become frightened of

streaks of gray in my sideburns,

The sprinkled grey hairs in my forelock,

وَأَكُفُّ عَن سُبُلِ الضَلا

وَأَكُفُّ عَن سُبُلِ الضَلا

لِ وَأَكتَسي ثَوبَ الوَقارِ

لِ وَأَكتَسي ثَوبَ الوَقارِ

and turn away from the paths of

And desisted from the ways of error,

error, and don the robe of dignity?

And donned the raiment of dignity;

أَم قَد أَمِنتُ الحادِثا

أَم قَد أَمِنتُ الحادِثا

تِ مِنَ الغَوادي وَالسَواري

تِ مِنَ الغَوادي وَالسَواري

Or have I become safe from the calamities

But perhaps I have felt secure from fate's

that come by morning and by night?

Calamities, and from the turns of fortune.

إِنّي أَعوذُ بِحُسنِ عَف

إِنّي أَعوذُ بِحُسنِ عَف

وِ اللَهِ مِن سوءِ اِختِياري

وِ اللَهِ مِن سوءِ اِختِياري

Indeed, I seek refuge in the gracious pardon

I seek refuge in Allah's perfect grace

of God from my own poor choices.

From the evil of my own choice.