دَبَّ فِيَّ الفَناءِ سُفلاً وَعُلوا

وَأَراني أَموتُ عُضواً فَعُضوا

Decay spread in me, below and above,

Decay has crept through me, from the depths to the heights,

And I saw myself dying, limb by limb.

And I see myself perishing, limb by limb.

لَيسَ مِن ساعَةٍ مَضَت لِيَ إِلّا

نَقَصَتني بِمَرِّها بِيَ جُزوا

There is no hour that has passed me by,

No hour has passed over me,

Except that it diminished me, in its bitterness, some part.

Save that it eroded a portion of me in its flight.

ذَهَبَت جِدَّتي بِطاعَةِ نَفسي

وَتَذَكَّرتُ طاعَةَ اللَهِ نِضوا

My strength passed in obeying my soul,

My vigor has vanished in obedience to my desires,

And I remembered obeying God, in earnest.

And I remembered obedience to God only when worn and thin.

لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى لَيالٍ وَأَيّا

مٍ تَمَلَّيتُهُنَّ لِعباً وَلَهوا

My soul yearned for nights and days,

Alas for my soul, for the nights and the days,

Which I wasted in play and vanity.

That I squandered in play and idle amusement.

قَد أَسَأنا كُلَّ الإِساءَةِ فَاللَ

هُمَّ صَفحاً عَنّا وَغُفراً وَعَفوا

We have done the worst evil, so God,

We have sinned with every measure of wrong, so O God,

Forgive us, pardon us, and excuse us.

Grant us pardon, forgiveness, and grace.