ما لي لِما صَدني

ما لي لِما صَدني

تَرَكتُ في التيه سدى

تَرَكتُ في التيه سدى

What ails me? Because he shunned me,

Why am I blamed when I was led astray?

I left myself aimless in the wilderness.

I was left wandering aimlessly in bewilderment.

لا السامِري أَضَلَّني

لا السامِري أَضَلَّني

وَلَم أُجاوِز مَوعِدا

وَلَم أُجاوِز مَوعِدا

It was not al-Samiri who led me astray,

It was not the Samaritan that misguided me,

Nor did I go beyond an appointed time,

Nor did I miss an appointed time,

حَتّى أَقولَ أَسَفا

حَتّى أَقولَ أَسَفا

يا قَلبُ جَرَعت الرَدى

يا قَلبُ جَرَعت الرَدى

That I should say in sorrow:

Until I say in sorrow:

O heart, you have drunk death!

Oh heart, you have tasted bitterness.

ما ذاكَ اِلّا قَلبَهُ

ما ذاكَ اِلّا قَلبَهُ

طور بِهِ لبي النَدا

طور بِهِ لبي النَدا

That is nothing but his heart—

That was just his heart,

A Mount where he answered the call.

Which once turned away from guidance.

هبنى اِقتَرَفت زلة

هبنى اِقتَرَفت زلة

فاقَت عَنِ الطورِ اِعتِدا

فاقَت عَنِ الطورِ اِعتِدا

Suppose I committed a slip

Grant me, I have slipped,

That overstepped the bounds in transgression:

And exceeded the proper limit.

فَاِنَّني مِن آدَم

فَاِنَّني مِن آدَم

وَهُوَ اِمام لِلهُدى

وَهُوَ اِمام لِلهُدى

For I am descended from Adam,

For I am from Adam,

And he is an exemplar of guidance.

Who was a leader of guidance.

وَقَد عَصى مَولاهُ اِذ

وَقَد عَصى مَولاهُ اِذ

مَدَّ اِلى البِرِّ يَدا

مَدَّ اِلى البِرِّ يَدا

And he had disobeyed his Lord when

Yet he disobeyed his Master

He stretched a hand toward the wheat.

When he stretched out his hand to the tree.

ثُمَّ اِجتَباهُ مَولاهُ اِذ

ثُمَّ اِجتَباهُ مَولاهُ اِذ

تابَ عَلَيهِ وَهُدى

تابَ عَلَيهِ وَهُدى

Then his Lord chose him when

Then his Master chose him again when

He turned to him in mercy and guided him.

He repented to Him and was guided.