طالَ صَومي وَلَستُ أَرفَعُ سَومي

طالَ صَومي وَلَستُ أَرفَعُ سَومي

وَوُفودي عَلى المَنِيَّةِ فِطرُ

وَوُفودي عَلى المَنِيَّةِ فِطرُ

My fast has been long, and I do not raise my price;

My fast has been long, yet I do not cease my fast

And my arrival at death is the breaking of my fast.

And my provision for death is to break fast

إيُّها الشَيبُ لا يَريبُكَ مِن كَف

إيُّها الشَيبُ لا يَريبُكَ مِن كَف

في مِقَصٌّ وَلا يُواريكَ خِطرُ

في مِقَصٌّ وَلا يُواريكَ خِطرُ

O gray hair, let nothing from my hand alarm you—

O gray hair, do not doubt that you are a shield

no scissors; nor shall dye conceal you.

A razor cannot shave you, nor can danger threaten you

إِن نَهَيتَ النَفسَ اللَجوجَ عَنِ الإِث

إِن نَهَيتَ النَفسَ اللَجوجَ عَنِ الإِث

مِ وَطابَت فَإِنَّما أَنتَ عِطرُ

مِ وَطابَت فَإِنَّما أَنتَ عِطرُ

If you restrain the obstinate soul from sin

If you forbid the obstinate self from sin

and it becomes pure, then you are nothing but perfume.

And it becomes good, you are but a sweet scent

لُحتَ مِثلَ الكافورِ كَفَّرَ ذَنباً

لُحتَ مِثلَ الكافورِ كَفَّرَ ذَنباً

فَلتُبَرِّد إِن كانَ أُغلِيَ قِطرُ

فَلتُبَرِّد إِن كانَ أُغلِيَ قِطرُ

You gleamed like camphor that expiated a sin;

You have become like camphor, atoning for sins

So cool it, if molten copper has been brought to the boil.

So cool down, even if the cooking pot was heated