1. My Master, I have strayed from what is right
And my beautiful thoughts about myself have failed

2. The matter is Your matter, and the soul
Is naturally inclined to go astray

3. We have pledged ourselves to You, yet we have violated
The covenant a thousand times over

4. Patience is Your way, and the generous one
Is generous even with the shackled

5. If I were asked about my sins, I would have no answer
For the soul, the devil, and desires are to blame

6. My soul carried me, weak as it is,
Like the buzzing of insects

7. It threw away perfection, hoping
To attain it from a mirage

8. It is like a moth that flings itself
Toward the lamp, to its torment

9. Oh what a wretched soul I have
That the Holy Book could not protect me from

10. It is a loss, and Your right, to entrust
My affair to the worst of companions

11. If the shame melted away, this heart
Would melt from the shame

12. My soul has become desolate ruins
Where the raven of sorrow hovers

13. Take me by the hand to Yourself and rebuild
A world within me that is in ruins

14. Forgive me, for I am not one who knocks
On Your door without need, oh doorkeeper!

15. It is enough for me, the sincerity of my apology,
A teardrop flowing down in humility

16. I have repented in fear of You
Like I repented the days of youth

17. So spare me punishment, I cannot withstand it
My Master, and do not punish me

18. And if You are harsh with the dog
You would show mercy to the dogs