أراني في اِنتِقاص كُلّ يَوم

أراني في اِنتِقاص كُلّ يَوم

وَلا يَبقى مَعَ النُقصانِ شَيُّ

وَلا يَبقى مَعَ النُقصانِ شَيُّ

I see myself dwindling every day,

I see myself diminishing day after day

And with decline, nothing remains.

And nothing remains with diminishment alive

طَوى العَصرانِ ما نَشَراهُ مِنّي

طَوى العَصرانِ ما نَشَراهُ مِنّي

فَأَخلَقَ جِدَّتي نَشرٌ وَطَيُّ

فَأَخلَقَ جِدَّتي نَشرٌ وَطَيُّ

Day and night have folded up what they unfolded of me;

Time has folded what it unfolded of me

So unfolding and folding have worn away my freshness.

So my liveliness is folding and unfolding

فَإِن أَكُ قَد فَنيتُ وَماتَ بَعضي

فَإِن أَكُ قَد فَنيتُ وَماتَ بَعضي

فَإِنَّ الحِرصَ باقٍ فِيَّ حَيُّ

فَإِنَّ الحِرصَ باقٍ فِيَّ حَيُّ

So if I have wasted away and part of me has died,

If I am gone, expired, and some of me died

Then greed remains alive within me.

Desire remains alive in me, lively

عَصيتُ الرُشدَ إِذ أُدعى إِلَيهِ

عَصيتُ الرُشدَ إِذ أُدعى إِلَيهِ

وَمُلِّكَ طاعَتي ضَعفٌ وَعَيُّ

وَمُلِّكَ طاعَتي ضَعفٌ وَعَيُّ

I disobeyed right guidance when called to it,

I disobeyed what’s right when I was called to it

And weakness and incapacity were granted my obedience.

And weakness and distress made me obey