إلى كم أرقع الدنيا

إلى كم أرقع الدنيا

بهتكي حلة الدين

بهتكي حلة الدين

How long shall I keep patching this world

To how much I patched the world

by tearing the robe of faith?

With my tearing the dress of religion,

وأركض في ميادين ال

وأركض في ميادين ال

هوى ملء الميادين

هوى ملء الميادين

And run through the fields of

And I race in fields of desire, filling the fields.

desire, across their whole expanse?

And I disobey those who advise me,

وأعصى من يناصحني

وأعصى من يناصحني

لطوعي من يعاديني

لطوعي من يعاديني

And disobey whoever counsels me,

And obey those who oppose me.

because I obey whoever is my enemy?

I closed the proof of my sin, unlike

غلقت برهن ذنبي من

غلقت برهن ذنبي من

خلاف الغلق يفديني

خلاف الغلق يفديني

I am held fast by the pledge of my sin—who

The unlocking that would save me.

will redeem me, undoing its forfeiture?

I left a path that leads

تركت طريق من أمسى

تركت طريق من أمسى

إلى المنجاة يهديني

إلى المنجاة يهديني

I abandoned the path of one who was

To salvation to guide me.

guiding me toward deliverance.

And I took a path that leads me astray and ruins me.

وأعطيت الطريق طري

وأعطيت الطريق طري

ق من يغوي ويرديني

ق من يغوي ويرديني

And I yielded the way to the path

So I have nothing left of the world,

of one who leads astray and ruins me.

Nor will I stay with my religion.

فما بقيت لي الدنيا

فما بقيت لي الدنيا

ولن أبقى على ديني

ولن أبقى على ديني

So the world has not remained mine,

My palm is empty of religion,

nor shall I remain true to my faith.

So who will redeem me?

صفرت الكف من دين

صفرت الكف من دين

فمن لي من يفديني

فمن لي من يفديني

My hand is empty of faith—

If I was content with a little of it,

so who is there for me; who will redeem me?

I would be satisfied with a handful,

ولو منها قنعت غني

ولو منها قنعت غني

ت بالنزر من الدون

ت بالنزر من الدون

Had I been content with a share of it, I would have had enough

A little water would quench my thirst,

with a scant portion of lowly things.

And coarse clothes would clothe and suffice me.

قليل الماء يرويني

قليل الماء يرويني

وسحات تغذيني

وسحات تغذيني

A little water quenches my thirst,

If it were not for the attributes of the virtuous,

and dates nourish me.

I would have been healed and recovered.

وأدنى خرقة تكسو

وأدنى خرقة تكسو

وتكفيني لتكفيني

وتكفيني لتكفيني

And the humblest rag would clothe me,

Oh, if only I had buried the sin,

and suffice for me—surely it would suffice for me.

Repenting, before burying me!

ولول بصفات أهل الفض

ولول بصفات أهل الفض

ل استشفى لتشفيني

ل استشفى لتشفيني

And if, through the qualities of people of excellence,

Pure repentance from the shivers

I sought healing, they would surely heal me.

Of sin's ice would bury me.

فيا ليتني دفنت الذن

فيا ليتني دفنت الذن

ب توباً قبل تدفيني

ب توباً قبل تدفيني

Ah, if only I had buried my sin

Oh He who gave me an undiscerning mind,

in repentance before my burial!

Lost and discarded!

فمحض التوب من رعشا

فمحض التوب من رعشا

ت ثلج الذنب تدفيني

ت ثلج الذنب تدفيني

For pure repentance, against the shivers

And preceding knowledge of our Creator

of sin's ice, would warm me.

That flowed in the people of the two parties (at the battle of Siffeen).

فيا من لي بعقلٍ غي

فيا من لي بعقلٍ غي

ر مخبول ومأفون

ر مخبول ومأفون

Oh, who will give me a mind that is not

I am content with what the Creator decreed,

deranged or feeble-minded?

Setting me free or burying me,

وسابق علم خالقنا

وسابق علم خالقنا

جرى في أهل صفين

جرى في أهل صفين

And our Creator's foreknowledge

And my salvation or doom,

has run its course among the people of Siffin.

And reforming or corrupting me,

رضيت بما قضى الباري

رضيت بما قضى الباري

بإطلاقي وتزفيني

بإطلاقي وتزفيني

I am content with what the Creator decreed:

To elevate me as He wills,

in setting me free and making me dance,

And to cast me down as He wills.

ومنجاتي ومهلكتي

ومنجاتي ومهلكتي

وإصلاحي وتأفيني

وإصلاحي وتأفيني

in my deliverance and my destruction,

I asked You, my God, confession

in setting me right and making me foolish.

Of sin to purify me,

على ما شاء يرفعني

على ما شاء يرفعني

وفيما شاء يهفوني

وفيما شاء يهفوني

As He wills, He raises me,

And in obeying You, O God,

and as He wills, He makes me falter.

With sincerity to keep me alive,

سألتك يا إلهي من

سألتك يا إلهي من

إقرار الذنب ترقيني

إقرار الذنب ترقيني

I ask You, O my God, through

And what I fear in the Hereafter,

acknowledgment of sin, to raise me up.

O my Master, protect me from!

وفي طاعتك اللَهم

وفي طاعتك اللَهم

م بالإخلاص تبقيني

م بالإخلاص تبقيني

And in obedience to You, O God,

And what I hope for from this

keep me steadfast in sincerity.

And that, make me attain.

وما أخشاه في الداري

وما أخشاه في الداري

ن يا مولاي توقيني

ن يا مولاي توقيني

And whatever I fear in the two abodes,

And guide me to the Straight Path

O my Lord, protect me from it.

With excellent guidance.

وما أملت من هذي

وما أملت من هذي

ومن تلكم تلقيني

ومن تلكم تلقيني

And whatever I hoped for from this abode,

So oh my triumph! May God show you

and from that one, grant it to me.

In the Gardens admitted.

وتهديني الصراط المس

وتهديني الصراط المس

تقيم بحسن تلقين

تقيم بحسن تلقين

And guide me along the straight path,

So in Firdaws or in the Abode,

with gracious instruction.

Or the High Gardens,

فيا فوزي أراك اللَه

فيا فوزي أراك اللَه

ه في الجنات ملقيني

ه في الجنات ملقيني

What triumph for me—to see You, O God,

The honored angels will escort me

placing me in the gardens!

To the wide-eyed houris,

ففي الفردوس أو في الخل

ففي الفردوس أو في الخل

د أو جنات علين

د أو جنات علين

In Firdaws, or in the abode of eternity,

Greeting me with peace

or in the gardens of Illiyyin,

And good tidings gladdening me.

تزفني الملائكة ال

تزفني الملائكة ال

كرام لحورها العين

كرام لحورها العين

the angels escort me in bridal procession,

I will embrace the houris joyfully,

the noble ones, to its wide-eyed houris.

Happily, not sorrowful.

تحييني بتسليم

تحييني بتسليم

وبالبشرى تهنيني

وبالبشرى تهنيني

They greet me with salutations of peace,

I will visit Al-Mustafa (Muhammad) therein,

and congratulate me with glad tidings.

Whenever I wish.

أعانق حورها فرحاً

أعانق حورها فرحاً

سروراً غير محزون

سروراً غير محزون

I embrace its houris, rejoicing,

May God send prayers on him

in happiness, free from grief.

As long as the pen flows.

أزور المصطفى فيها

أزور المصطفى فيها

على ما شئت من حين

على ما شئت من حين

I visit al-Mustafa there,

at whatever time I wish.

عليه اللَه صلى ما

عليه اللَه صلى ما

جرى قلم بتكوين

جرى قلم بتكوين

May God bless him for as long as

a pen runs in the work of creation.