وصلتُ على إنفاق عُمري تأسُّفي

وصولَ منيبٍ تائبِ قطعَ اللَّهوا

I have reached in spending my life regretfully

The arrival of a repentant sinner, whom Allah has cutoff from vanity

وعدت إلى مدح النبي محمدٍ

فأوسعتُ هاتيكَ الذنوب بها مَحوَا

And I returned to praising Prophet Muhammad

I have given these sins, through it, vast forgiveness

وكنتُ شكوتُ الدّاءَ ما جَنيتُهُ

لربٍّ رَحيمٍ لم يَزل يسمَعُ الشَّكوى

And I used to complain of an illness which I have brought upon myself

To a Lord Most Merciful, who never ceases to hear complaints

وأخلصتُ في حالِ الدُّعاء لأنَّني

وثقتُ بربٍّ يكشفُ الضّرَّ والبَلوى

And I was sincere in my supplication, because I

Trusted in a Lord who removes adversity and affliction

وما لي لا أدعُو إلهي مُخلصا

ولي جسدٌ إن باشَر النَّار لا يَقوى

Why should I not sincerely pray to my God

When I have a body, that if touched by fire, cannot endure

ومدحُ رسولِ اللَه خيرُ ذخيرة

أرجِّي بها من خالقي كرمَ المثوى

And praising the Messenger of Allah is the best provision

With which I hope for honorable abode from my Benevolent Creator

وحسبي شبابُ لم أنل منه طائلاً

كأنّي به قد كنتُ أخبطُ في عَشوا

And it suffices me a youth in which I gained nothing

As if I was staggering in vain through it

ولم أدّعي أني أنبتُ وأنَّني

لأَسعَد خلقِ اللَه إن صحَّت الدَّعوى

And I did not claim that I grow and that I

Am the happiest of Allah's creations, if the claim is valid

وكأن شبابي في الحقيقة سكرةً

فلما انقضى أصبحتُ أَلتزمُ الصَّحوا

And as if my youth was in reality an intoxication

So when it ended, I started to commit to sobriety

وما حيلتي إِن لم يُدارِك بعفوِهِ

إله كريم طالَما وهبَ العَفوَا

And I have no stratagem if the generous God

Does not save me with his pardon, as He has always granted pardon