أُقِرُّ بِالذَنبِ وَلَم آتِهِ

أُقِرُّ بِالذَنبِ وَلَم آتِهِ

خَوفاً مِنَ الهَجرِ وَلَوعاتِهِ

خَوفاً مِنَ الهَجرِ وَلَوعاتِهِ

I confess to the sin, though I did not commit it,

I confess my sin though I did not commit it

I confess to the sin, though I did not commit it,

out of fear of abandonment and its agonies.

Out of fear of estrangement and its agonies

Out of dread for abandonment and its agonies.

يا بِأَبي أَذنَبتُ وَالعَبدُ قَد

يا بِأَبي أَذنَبتُ وَالعَبدُ قَد

يُعفى لَهُ عَن بَعضِ زَلّاتِهِ

يُعفى لَهُ عَن بَعضِ زَلّاتِهِ

O you for whom I would ransom my father, I have sinned; and a servant may

O father I have sinned but a servant may

May my father be your ransom! I have sinned, and surely a slave

be forgiven some of his lapses.

Be pardoned for some of his missteps

May be pardoned for some of his transgressions.

وَاللَهِ لا ذَقتُ الَّذي ذُقتُهُ

وَاللَهِ لا ذَقتُ الَّذي ذُقتُهُ

أُقسِمُ بِاللَهِ وَآياتِهِ

أُقسِمُ بِاللَهِ وَآياتِهِ

By God, you have not tasted what I have tasted—

By God whatever I have tasted

By God, had you tasted the bitterness I have tasted—

I swear by God and His signs.

I swear by God and His signs

I swear by God and His holy signs—

إِذَن لَأَيقَنتَ بِأَنَّ الهَوى

إِذَن لَأَيقَنتَ بِأَنَّ الهَوى

أَعجَلَ مَوتاً قَبلَ ميقاتِهِ

أَعجَلَ مَوتاً قَبلَ ميقاتِهِ

Then you would surely be certain that love

So you would be certain that passion’s folly

Then you would have known with certainty that love

has hastened death before its appointed time.

Hastens death before its appointed hour

Hastens death before its appointed time.