1. أتوبُ إِلى الله الرحيم فإنه

    غفورٌ لذنبِ المرءِ ما لم يُعاودِ

    I repent to God, the Merciful, for He

    is ever-forgiving of a person's sin, so long as he does not repeat it.

  2. ولستُ إِلى الصَّهباءِ ما عِشتُ عائداً

    ولا تابعاً قولَ السفيهِ المُعاندِ

    And I shall not return to tawny wine as long as I live,

    nor follow the words of the obstinate fool.

  3. وكيفَ وقد أعطَيتُ ربَّي مَواثِقاً

    أعودُ لها واللهُ ذو العرشِ شاهدي

    And how, when I have given my Lord solemn pledges,

    could I return to it, with God, Possessor of the Throne, my witness?

  4. سأترُكُها مَذمومةً لا أذوقُها

    وإِن رَغِمَت فيها أنوفُ حواسدي

    I shall forsake it as blameworthy, never tasting it,

    even if my enviers' noses are rubbed in the dust over it.