فعوّضْتُ شيباً من شبابي كأنّني

فعوّضْتُ شيباً من شبابي كأنّني

تَوَلّيتُ عن ظلٍّ برغمي إلى الشمسِ

تَوَلّيتُ عن ظلٍّ برغمي إلى الشمسِ

So I received gray hair in exchange for my youth, as though I

I have traded some of my youth for old age, as though

had turned away from shade, against my will, toward the sun.

I have been forced from shade into the sun.

وقَطْعي بعيشٍ بعد ستّين حجّةً

وقَطْعي بعيشٍ بعد ستّين حجّةً

أرى فيه لَبْساً والتخوّف في اللبسِ

أرى فيه لَبْساً والتخوّف في اللبسِ

And as for my certainty of living beyond sixty years,

And my living on a meager income after sixty pilgrimages -

I see uncertainty in it, and in uncertainty lies fear.

I see in it much hardship and fear of hardship.

ذنوبيَ تنمي كلّ يومٍ تكسّباً

ذنوبيَ تنمي كلّ يومٍ تكسّباً

فيوْمي بها في اليوْم أثقلُ من أمسي

فيوْمي بها في اليوْم أثقلُ من أمسي

My sins grow each day as I keep earning them;

My sins grow every day, gaining strength.

So, because of them, my day today is heavier than my yesterday.

So I am weighed down more today than yesterday.

ألا آمنَ الرحمن خوفي بِعَفْوِهِ

ألا آمنَ الرحمن خوفي بِعَفْوِهِ

فإنّيَ من نفسي أخاف على نفسي

فإنّيَ من نفسي أخاف على نفسي

Oh, may the All-Merciful allay my fear with His pardon,

If only the Merciful One would relieve my fears with His pardon!

For I fear for myself because of my own self.

For I fear for myself because of my own soul.