عادَ، والأَرْبَعونَ تُغْلِقُ بابَه

فطَوَى عن غَرامِهِ أَثوابَه

He returned, as forty closed its door to him,

And shed the clothes of his passion.

وتَوَلَّتْ أحلامُ طَيْشِ الثّلاثينَ

ووَلَّى عَهْدُ الهَوى والصَّبابَةْ

The dreams of reckless thirty faded away,

And the days of love and youth were gone.

اكْتَسى الخوفُ وَجْهَهَ وتَعالتْ

في حَناياهُ زَفْرَةٌ وكآبَةْ

Fear cloaked his face, and sighs of sorrow

Rose from his grieving soul.

وزَها في الدُّجى بِأَدْمُعِهِ الحَرَّاءِ

يَخْشَى مِنَ الإلهِ عِقابَه

His tearful eyes shone in the gloom -

He feared the punishment of God.

يا لَأَمْني مِنَ العُرامِ (1) وكَم في

صَبَواتِ العُرامِ أَفْنَى شَبابَهْ

If only I had resisted temptation,

And not wasted my youth in sin!

حانَ حانَ الرُّجوعُ يا قلبُ والعَوْ

دُ بِنَفْسٍ جَفُولَةٍ وَثَّابَةْ

Alas, alas! My heart, it is time to return

With a remorseful soul made wise.

آبِقٌ عادَ واستعادَ صوابَه

باركَ اللهُ عَزْمَهُ وإيابَه

He came back, wise again,

God bless his resolve and return!

ما لِعَبْدِ الوَلِيّ في مَوكِبِ التَّو

بةِ إلّا لُزُومَه مِحْرابَه

A servant of God has no place but the prayer niche,

When joining the procession of repentance.