دَبَّ فِيَّ الفَناءِ سُفلاً وَعُلوا

دَبَّ فِيَّ الفَناءِ سُفلاً وَعُلوا

وَأَراني أَموتُ عُضواً فَعُضوا

وَأَراني أَموتُ عُضواً فَعُضوا

Death has crept through me, below and above,

Decay spread in me, below and above,

Decay has crept through me, from the depths to the heights,

and I see myself dying, limb by limb.

And I saw myself dying, limb by limb.

And I see myself perishing, limb by limb.

لَيسَ مِن ساعَةٍ مَضَت لِيَ إِلّا

لَيسَ مِن ساعَةٍ مَضَت لِيَ إِلّا

نَقَصَتني بِمَرِّها بِيَ جُزوا

نَقَصَتني بِمَرِّها بِيَ جُزوا

No hour has passed for me but

There is no hour that has passed me by,

No hour has passed over me,

it has diminished me by a part as it passed me by.

Except that it diminished me, in its bitterness, some part.

Save that it eroded a portion of me in its flight.

ذَهَبَت جِدَّتي بِطاعَةِ نَفسي

ذَهَبَت جِدَّتي بِطاعَةِ نَفسي

وَتَذَكَّرتُ طاعَةَ اللَهِ نِضوا

وَتَذَكَّرتُ طاعَةَ اللَهِ نِضوا

My vigor was spent obeying my own self,

My strength passed in obeying my soul,

My vigor has vanished in obedience to my desires,

and, worn out, I remembered obedience to God.

And I remembered obeying God, in earnest.

And I remembered obedience to God only when worn and thin.

لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى لَيالٍ وَأَيّا

لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى لَيالٍ وَأَيّا

مٍ تَمَلَّيتُهُنَّ لِعباً وَلَهوا

مٍ تَمَلَّيتُهُنَّ لِعباً وَلَهوا

Alas for my soul over nights and

My soul yearned for nights and days,

Alas for my soul, for the nights and the days,

days I savored in play and diversion!

Which I wasted in play and vanity.

That I squandered in play and idle amusement.

قَد أَسَأنا كُلَّ الإِساءَةِ فَاللَ

قَد أَسَأنا كُلَّ الإِساءَةِ فَاللَ

هُمَّ صَفحاً عَنّا وَغُفراً وَعَفوا

هُمَّ صَفحاً عَنّا وَغُفراً وَعَفوا

We have indeed done wrong in every way; so, O

We have done the worst evil, so God,

We have sinned with every measure of wrong, so O God,

God, grant us clemency, forgiveness, and pardon.

Forgive us, pardon us, and excuse us.

Grant us pardon, forgiveness, and grace.