بادر إلى محو الذنوب بتوبة

بادر إلى محو الذنوب بتوبة

فعسى رضا مولاك منك قريب

فعسى رضا مولاك منك قريب

Hasten to efface sins through repentance.

Repent your sins with sincere repentance,

For perhaps your Master's approval is near to you.

Perhaps your Lord’s pleasure with you is near.

واضرع إليه في الدجنة خاصعا

واضرع إليه في الدجنة خاصعا

وسحاب دمع المقلتين يصوب

وسحاب دمع المقلتين يصوب

And supplicate Him in the darkness, humbly,

Humble yourself before Him in seclusion,

while a cloud of tears from both eyes pours down.

With clouds of tears flowing from your eyelids.

طلعت شموس الصالحين واشرقت

طلعت شموس الصالحين واشرقت

وبدا لشمسك بينهن غروب

وبدا لشمسك بينهن غروب

The suns of the righteous have risen and shone,

The suns of the righteous have risen and shone,

yet among them your sun is seen to set.

And for your sun among them is a setting.

أيام ريعان الشباب أضعتها

أيام ريعان الشباب أضعتها

فمتى أراك إلى المتاب تنيب

فمتى أراك إلى المتاب تنيب

The days of youth's prime you squandered;

The days of youth’s prime you wasted,

so when shall I see you turn back to repentance?

So when will I see you turn repentant?

لا تأمنَن حدث الزمان وخَطبَهُ

لا تأمنَن حدث الزمان وخَطبَهُ

إن الزمان حوادث وخطوب

إن الزمان حوادث وخطوب

Never feel safe from time's mishaps and calamities;

Do not feel secure from time’s ups and downs,

indeed, time is misfortunes and calamities.

For time is full of events and calamities.

لا يخدعنك يا غفول بسَلمهِ

لا يخدعنك يا غفول بسَلمهِ

فالسلمُ مكرُ عنده وحروب

فالسلمُ مكرُ عنده وحروب

Let it not deceive you, O heedless one, with its peace;

Let not the peace deceive you, O heedless one,

for its peace is guile and war.

For with it are plots and wars.

أمسك عنان الطرف عند جماحه

أمسك عنان الطرف عند جماحه

فأمامه يوم فديتَ عصيبُ

فأمامه يوم فديتَ عصيبُ

Hold the rein of your gaze when it runs wild;

Restrain your gaze when it starts to wander,

for before it lies a harrowing day—may you be ransomed!

For ahead of you is a momentous day.

راقب إلهك في الجوارح كلها

راقب إلهك في الجوارح كلها

فبكل جارحةٍ عليك رقيب

فبكل جارحةٍ عليك رقيب

Be mindful of your God in all your limbs,

Watch over your Lord in all your limbs,

for each limb has a watcher over you.

For with each limb you have a watcher.

مرض بقلبك لا يزال وماله

مرض بقلبك لا يزال وماله

إلا الدموع الهاطلات طبيب

إلا الدموع الهاطلات طبيب

An illness in your heart will not depart; it has no

A sickness persists in your heart with no cure

physician but the tears that stream down.

Except the flowing, pouring tears.

واحسرتا لشباب عمر قد مضى

واحسرتا لشباب عمر قد مضى

زرت عليه للقلوب جيوب

زرت عليه للقلوب جيوب

Alas for the youth of a lifetime gone by!

Woe to the youth whose time has passed!

The hearts' bosoms have been buttoned shut over it.

I revisited it, though hearts have folds.

تاللَه لا أدت دموعي حقه

تاللَه لا أدت دموعي حقه

لو أنني في حزنه يعقوبُ

لو أنني في حزنه يعقوبُ

By God, my tears would not do it justice,

By God, my tears have not done it justice,

even were I Jacob in my grief for it.

If I were as sad as Jacob in his sorrow.

للَه عصرٌ فيه قد نال المنى

للَه عصرٌ فيه قد نال المنى

صحبي ومالي بينهن نصيبُ

صحبي ومالي بينهن نصيبُ

God bless an age in which wishes were attained

An era came when my friends attained wishes,

by my companions, while I have no share in them.

While I got my share of money and companions.

يا خير من وطىءَ الثرى شكوى فتى

يا خير من وطىءَ الثرى شكوى فتى

قد أبعدته عن ذراك ذنوبُ

قد أبعدته عن ذراك ذنوبُ

O best of those who trod the earth, here is a young man's complaint:

O best of those who tread the earth, the plaint of a young man

Sins have driven him far from your shelter.

Whose sins have distanced him from you.

ناداك والأشواق تحدو قلبه

ناداك والأشواق تحدو قلبه

فله على بعد المزر وجيبُ

فله على بعد المزر وجيبُ

He has called to you, while longings drive his heart onward;

He called you, while yearning stirs his heart,

so it throbs, despite the distant place of visitation.

So he has a right to your kindness from afar.

أيذوب أشواقاً ويفنى حسرة

أيذوب أشواقاً ويفنى حسرة

وفنا جناب الفضل منك رحيبُ

وفنا جناب الفضل منك رحيبُ

Does he melt with longing and perish from grief,

Melting in yearning, wasting away in sorrow,

while the courtyard of your gracious presence is spacious?

And in your generosity’s absence, wasting away.

ما حال من بالغرب أضحى مفردا

ما حال من بالغرب أضحى مفردا

وله بساحات العقيق حبيب

وله بساحات العقيق حبيب

What is the plight of one who has become solitary in the West,

What is the state of one who in the west is alone,

while he has a beloved in the precincts of al-Aqiq?

While he has a beloved in the valley of al-Aqeeq?

فعلى العقيق وسكانيه تحية

فعلى العقيق وسكانيه تحية

تسرى بنفحتها صبا وجنوب

تسرى بنفحتها صبا وجنوب

So upon al-Aqiq and its dwellers be a greeting,

Greetings unto al-Aqeeq and its inhabitants,

with whose fragrant breath the east and south winds journey by night.

Spreading with its breeze north and south.