وعاذلةٍ تعيبُ عليَّ عادي

وعاذلةٍ تعيبُ عليَّ عادي

فقلتُ لها ضلَلتُ طريقَ عادي

فقلتُ لها ضلَلتُ طريقَ عادي

And a reproachful woman finds fault with my habits.

And the moralizer faulting me, customary,

And a scolding woman who finds fault with my ways,

So I told her: I have strayed from my accustomed path.

So I said to her, "I lost a customary path."

To whom I said: I have strayed from the path of convention,

رجعتُ إلى الخسارةِ والفسادِ

رجعتُ إلى الخسارةِ والفسادِ

ولستُ بسالكٍ سُبُلَ الرشاد

ولستُ بسالكٍ سُبُلَ الرشاد

I have returned to loss and corruption,

I returned to loss and corruption,

I have returned to loss and depravity,

And I do not walk the paths of right guidance.

And I'm not one who takes the paths to righteousness.

And I am not one to walk the roads of righteousness.

وأقسمُ لا أجيبُ إلى ملامٍ

وأقسمُ لا أجيبُ إلى ملامٍ

ولو صمّمتُ من صوتِ المنادي

ولو صمّمتُ من صوتِ المنادي

And I swear I shall not heed reproach,

I swear I won't respond to blame,

I swear I will not answer to any blame,

Even if the caller's voice were to deafen me.

Even if I intended the caller's voice.

Even if the crier's voice were to strike me deaf.

ومالي والصلاةَ وصومَ شهرٍ

ومالي والصلاةَ وصومَ شهرٍ

وقصدَ الحجّ أو قصدَ الجهادِ

وقصدَ الحجّ أو قصدَ الجهادِ

And what have I to do with prayer and a month's fasting,

What is prayer or fasting a month to me?

What have I to do with prayer or the fasting of a month,

And undertaking the pilgrimage or undertaking jihad?

Or striving on pilgrimage or striving in jihad?

Or the intent of Pilgrimage or the waging of Holy War?

سأخلعُ ما حييتُ عذارَ رشدي

سأخلعُ ما حييتُ عذارَ رشدي

وألبسُ جامحاً عذرَ الفساد

وألبسُ جامحاً عذرَ الفساد

I shall cast off the bridle of my good sense as long as I live,

I will remove the finery of my righteousness, for as long as I live,

As long as I live, I shall cast off the bridle of reason,

And, headstrong, don the bridles of corruption.

And wear the madness of corruption.

And, unruled, wear the halter of corruption.

وأعصي عاذلي سرّاً وجهراً

وأعصي عاذلي سرّاً وجهراً

وأجعل جاعةَ الشطّار زادي

وأجعل جاعةَ الشطّار زادي

And I disobey my reproacher, secretly and openly,

And I disobey my moralizer secretly and openly,

I disobey my censurer in secret and in public,

And I make the rogues' hunger my provisions.

And I take the rabble as my provision.

And make the company of rogues my daily bread.

وآخذ في مذاهب قومٍ لوطٍ

وآخذ في مذاهب قومٍ لوطٍ

ولا آلو تمرّدَ قومِ عادِ

ولا آلو تمرّدَ قومِ عادِ

And I take to the ways of the people of Lot,

And I follow the ways of the people of Lot,

I adopt the doctrines of the people of Lot,

Nor will I fall short of the people of ʿĀd in rebellion.

And I do not refrain from the rebellion of the people of A'd.

And spare no effort in the rebellion of the people of 'Ad.