ياO سروداone who persists فيin الخطاياsins
يا سرودا في الخطايا
بغرورin delusion قدindeed خطرswaggered
بغرور قد خطر
O you who persist in sins,
O poem in sins
Who have swaggered in delusion,
With arrogance conceived
عدreturn إلىto مولاكyour Lord تنجyou will be saved
عد إلى مولاك تنج
فيon غدthe morrow منfrom ذاthis الخطرperil
في غد من ذا الخطر
Return to your Lord, and be saved
Return to your Master, be saved
Tomorrow from this peril.
From this danger tomorrow
وعلىand at أبوابهHis doors قفstand
وعلى أبوابه قف
ثمthen أجرlet flow الدمعtears ذلاin humility
ثم أجر الدمع ذلا
And stand at His doors,
And at His door stand
Then let tears flow in humility,
Then let the tear flow
لتنالso that you may attain العزhonor فيهاin them
لتنال العز فيها
وترىand you may see الكسرbrokenness انجبرhas been mended
وترى الكسر انجبر
So that you may attain honor there,
To gain might through Him
And see brokenness made whole.
And see the fracture mended
وهوىand desire النفسof the soul اتركنهabandon it
وهوى النفس اتركنه
فالهوىfor desire عقباهits outcome هوانhumiliation
فالهوى عقباه هوان
And abandon the soul's desire,
And desire of the soul leave it
For desire ends in humiliation.
For desire's consequence is disgrace
واطوand fold up نشرthe spread الذنبof sin طيّاa thorough folding
واطو نشر الذنب طيّا
لترىso that you may see العفوforgiveness انتشرhas spread
لترى العفو انتشر
And fold the spread of sin completely away,
And fold the spread of sin
So that you may see forgiveness spread.
To see forgiveness unfold
وتوسّلand seek intercession بالنبيthrough the Prophet
وتوسّل بالنبي
الحجازيfrom the Hijaz العربيthe Arab
الحجازي العربي
And seek intercession through the Prophet,
And beseech the Prophet
The Hijazi, the Arab,
Of Hejaz, the Arab
صاحبpossessor of الجاهstanding العليexalted
صاحب الجاه العلي
مَنthe one who لهfor him شُقّwas split القمرthe moon
مَن له شُقّ القمر
Possessor of exalted standing,
Master of sublime glory
The one for whom the moon was split.
Who split the moon
Sol 6.1