ما كُنت أُؤثر في دِيني وَتَوحيدي

ما كُنت أُؤثر في دِيني وَتَوحيدي

خَوادع الآل عَن زادي وَمورودي

خَوادع الآل عَن زادي وَمورودي

I would not, in my faith and belief in God's oneness, prefer

I did not prefer in my religion and monotheism

the mirage's deceptions to my provisions and my watering-place.

The deceptions of progeny over my provision and what I was given

غَررنَ بي وَبِحَسبي أَن رِوايَتي

غَررنَ بي وَبِحَسبي أَن رِوايَتي

مَلأى هريقت عَلى ظَمَأي مِن البيد

مَلأى هريقت عَلى ظَمَأي مِن البيد

They beguiled me; enough for me that my account,

They fooled me and because of my lineage that my narration

brimming, was spilled despite my thirst in the desert wastes.

Filled my thirst from the far off/remote well

أَفرَغتها وَبَرَغمي أَنَّها اِنحَدَرَت

أَفرَغتها وَبَرَغمي أَنَّها اِنحَدَرَت

بَيضاء كَالروح في سَوداء صَيخود

بَيضاء كَالروح في سَوداء صَيخود

I emptied it, and against my will it flowed down,

I emptied it and in spite of me that it flowed down

white as the soul, into a black, unyielding rock.

White like the soul in the darkness of misfortune

وَرُحت لا أَنا عَن مائي بِمُنتَهل

وَرُحت لا أَنا عَن مائي بِمُنتَهل

ماء وَلا أَنها عَن زادي بِمَسعود

ماء وَلا أَنها عَن زادي بِمَسعود

And I went away, not drawing from my own water

And I went not satisfied with my water at the water-place

any water, nor was it blessed by my provisions.

Water, nor it with my provision with what makes happy

أَشك يُؤلِمُني شَكي وَاَبحَث عَن

أَشك يُؤلِمُني شَكي وَاَبحَث عَن

بَرد اليَقين فَيفنى فيهِ مَجهودي

بَرد اليَقين فَيفنى فيهِ مَجهودي

I doubt; my doubt pains me, and I seek

Doubt pains me, my doubt, and I search for

the coolness of certainty, in whose pursuit my effort is spent.

The coolness of certainty in which my efforts disappear

أَشك لا عَن رِضا مِني وَيَقتُلُني

أَشك لا عَن رِضا مِني وَيَقتُلُني

شَكي وَيَذبَل مِن وَسواسه عودي

شَكي وَيَذبَل مِن وَسواسه عودي

I doubt, not willingly; and I am killed by

I doubt not from my consent, and it kills me

my doubt, and my stem withers from its whisperings.

My doubt, and from its obsession my firewood withers

وَكَم أَلوذ بِمَن لاذَ الأَنام بِهِ

وَكَم أَلوذ بِمَن لاذَ الأَنام بِهِ

وَأَبتَغي الظل في تَيهاء صَيهود

وَأَبتَغي الظل في تَيهاء صَيهود

And how often I seek refuge in Him in whom all creatures have sought refuge,

And how often I take refuge in the one mankind takes refuge in

and seek shade in a parched, trackless wilderness.

And I seek shade in the straying of misfortune

اللَهُ لِي وَلصرح الدين مِن رَيب

اللَهُ لِي وَلصرح الدين مِن رَيب

مَجنونة الرَأي ثارَت حَولَ مَعبودي

مَجنونة الرَأي ثارَت حَولَ مَعبودي

May God protect me and the edifice of faith from doubts

God is for me and for the establishment of religion from suspicion

crazed in judgment, that have risen around the One I worship.

The mad of opinion revolved around my object of worship

إِن رَاوَغَتني في نُسكي فَكَم وَلَجَت

إِن رَاوَغَتني في نُسكي فَكَم وَلَجَت

بِي المَخاطر في دِيني وَتَوحيدي

بِي المَخاطر في دِيني وَتَوحيدي

If they have outwitted me in my devotions, how often have they led

If it deceived me in my devotion so how much did

me into dangers in my faith and belief in God's oneness?

The risks enter into my religion and monotheism