1. شِفاءُ ما بِكَ أَعياني وَأَعياكا

    فَاِرجُ الَّذي هُوَ أَبداني وَإِيّاكا

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

    So 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 foolish, unable to

    count your steps—can you then 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 were among your mounts?

  4. قَد أَرذَياكَ بِسَيرٍ إِن رَكِبتَهُما

    وَلَم يُصَيَّر بِحالٍ مِن رَزاياكا

    They have exhausted you with travel, if you have ridden them,

    yet this was never reckoned among your misfortunes.

  5. أَذَهَبتَ يَوماً فَلَم تَعدُدهُ مَرزِيَةً

    وَعُدَّ ذاهِبُ مالٍ مِن رَزاياكا

    You let a day slip away, yet did not count it a misfortune,

    while 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 being 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 missteps he commits,

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

  8. يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ ما آساكَ في نَفَسٍ

    مُعاشِرٌ بِأَبَيتَ اللَعنَ حَيّاكا

    O king, not a single breath has been shared with you

    by a companion who greeted you with 'May you spurn curses,'

  9. وَلا عَجوزٌ مُكَنّاةٌ وَغانِيَةٌ

    كِلتاهُما في المَغاني مِن سَباياكا

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

    both among your captives in the dwellings.

  10. سُقيتَ في حَدَثانِ السِلمِ أَسقِيَةً

    فَقَد نَسيتَ لَذيذاً مِن حُمَيّاكا

    You were given skinfuls to drink in the early days of peace;

    and now 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 Suhā deliberately, and do not spare your Thurayyā.