لَبِسْنَا فَلَمْ نُبْلِ الزَّمَانَ وَأَبْلاَنَا

لَبِسْنَا فَلَمْ نُبْلِ الزَّمَانَ وَأَبْلاَنَا

تُتَابِعُ أُخْرَانَا عَلَى الغَيّ أُولاَنَا

تُتَابِعُ أُخْرَانَا عَلَى الغَيّ أُولاَنَا

We wore time, yet did not wear it out; it wore us out.

We wore but did not don the times, and we wore out,

The last of us follow the first of us in error.

While others follow in our footsteps to ruin.

وَنَغْتَرُّ بِالآمَالِ وَالعُمْرُ يَنْقَضِي

وَنَغْتَرُّ بِالآمَالِ وَالعُمْرُ يَنْقَضِي

فَمَا كَانَ بِالرُّجْعَى إِلَى اللَّهِ أَوْلاَنَا

فَمَا كَانَ بِالرُّجْعَى إِلَى اللَّهِ أَوْلاَنَا

And we are beguiled by hopes while life draws to a close.

We are deluded by hopes while life slips away,

So how much more fitting it would have been for us to return to God!

But returning to God was not our first concern.

فَمَاذَا عَسَى أَنْ يُنْظِرَ الدَّهْرُ مَا عَسَى

فَمَاذَا عَسَى أَنْ يُنْظِرَ الدَّهْرُ مَا عَسَى

فَمَا انْقَادَ لِلزّجْرِ الْحَثِيثِ وَلاَ لاَنَا

فَمَا انْقَادَ لِلزّجْرِ الْحَثِيثِ وَلاَ لاَنَا

What respite, then, might time grant—what might it grant?

What then can we expect time to await? What can we expect?

For it has not yielded to insistent rebuke, nor softened.

It yielded not to stern warning, nor did it bend to us.

جَزَيْنَا صَنِيعَ اللَّهِ شَرَّ جَزَائِهِ

جَزَيْنَا صَنِيعَ اللَّهِ شَرَّ جَزَائِهِ

فَلَمْ نَرْعَ مَا مِنْ سَابِقِ الْفَضْلِ أَوْلاَنَا

فَلَمْ نَرْعَ مَا مِنْ سَابِقِ الْفَضْلِ أَوْلاَنَا

We repaid God's kindness with the worst recompense.

We rewarded God's work with the worst repayment,

So we did not honor the earlier bounty He bestowed on us.

Nor did we heed the forerunners of excellence.

فَيَاربِّ عَامِلْنَا بِمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ

فَيَاربِّ عَامِلْنَا بِمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ

مِنَ الْعَفْوِ وَاجْبُرْ صَدْعَنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلاَنَا

مِنَ الْعَفْوِ وَاجْبُرْ صَدْعَنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلاَنَا

So, my Lord, treat us as befits You,

So O Lord, deal with us as You are worthy,

With pardon, and mend our fracture; You are our Master.

With pardon, and mend our fractures, You are our Master.