1. شِفاءُ ما بِكَ أَعياني وَأَعياكا

    فَاِرجُ الَّذي هُوَ أَبداني وَإِيّاكا

    The cure for what ails you has baffled me and you alike.

    So place your hope in Him who brought me and you into being.

  2. ما لي أَراكا غَبيّاً لَستَ تَقدِرُ أَن

    تُحصي خُطاكَ فَهَل تُحصي خَطاياكا

    Why do I see you so foolish? You cannot

    count your steps—can you count your sins?

  3. وَكَيفَ تَعجِزُ عَن إِدراكِ مُرتَحِلٍ

    وَاللَيلُ وَالصُبحُ كانا مِن مَطاياكا

    And how can you fail to overtake a traveler,

    when night and dawn have been among your mounts?

  4. قَد أَرذَياكَ بِسَيرٍ إِن رَكِبتَهُما

    وَلَم يُصَيَّر بِحالٍ مِن رَزاياكا

    They have worn you down with travel, if you have ridden them,

    yet this has in no way been counted among your misfortunes.

  5. أَذَهَبتَ يَوماً فَلَم تَعدُدهُ مَرزِيَةً

    وَعُدَّ ذاهِبُ مالٍ مِن رَزاياكا

    You let a day pass without counting it a loss,

    yet lost wealth was counted among your misfortunes.

  6. وَالعُمرُ أَنفَسُ ما الإِنسانُ مُنفِقُه

    فَاِجعَلهُ لِلَّهِ تُحمَد في سَجاياكا

    And life is the most precious thing a human spends;

    so devote it to God, and you will be praised for your character.

  7. وَاِغفِر لِعَبدِكَ ما يَجنيهِ مِن زَلَلٍ

    وَلا تَأَيَّ بِسوءٍ مِن تَأَيّاكا

    And forgive your servant whatever errors he commits,

    and do not seek to harm one who has sought you out.

  8. يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ ما آساكَ في نَفَسٍ

    مُعاشِرٌ بِأَبَيتَ اللَعنَ حَيّاكا

    O king, not a breath of life has been shared with you

    by a companion who greeted you, 'May you shun the curse!'

  9. وَلا عَجوزٌ مُكَنّاةٌ وَغانِيَةٌ

    كِلتاهُما في المَغاني مِن سَباياكا

    nor by an old woman with a byname, nor by a fair young woman—

    both among your captives in the dwellings.

  10. سُقيتَ في حَدَثانِ السِلمِ أَسقِيَةً

    فَقَد نَسيتَ لَذيذاً مِن حُمَيّاكا

    You were given skinsful to drink amid the vicissitudes of peace,

    so you have forgotten the delight of your heady wine.

  11. وَأَنتَ بِاللَيلِ تَسمو الحادِثاتُ إِلى

    سُهاكَ عَمداً وَلا تُخلي ثُرَيّاكَ

    And as for you, by night calamities rise toward

    your Suha deliberately, and do not spare your Pleiades.