عَذيري مِنَ الدُنيا عَرَتني بِظُلمِها

فَتَمنَحَني قُوَّتي لِتَأخُذَ قُوَّتي

My excuse from this worldly life is that it has stripped me of my virtues with its injustice,

Then granted me my strength only to take away my strength,

وَجَدتُ بِها ديني دَنِيّاً فَضَرَّني

وَأَضلَلتُ مِنها في مُروتٍ مُرُوَّتي

I found through it my religion debased, so it has harmed me,

And I went astray from it into deadly marshes my manliness.

أَخوتُ كَما خاتَت عُقابٌ لَو اِنَّني

قَدَرتُ عَلى أَمرٍ فَعُدِّ أُخُوَّتي

Oh my brothers, how misfortune has concluded, if only I

Had power over a matter, then count my brotherliness.

وَأَصبَحتُ في تيهِ الحَياةِ مُنادِياً

بِأَرفَعَ صَوتي أَينَ أَطلُبُ صُوَّتي

And I became lost in the wilderness of life, crying out

At the top of my voice, where can I seek my voice?

وَما زالَ حُوتي راصِدي وَهوَ آخِذي

فَما لِمَتابي لَيسَ يَغسِلُ حُوَّتي

And my whale keeps an eye on me while it takes me,

So why does the tide not come to wash away my whale?

رَآنِيَ رَبُّ الناسِ فيها مُتابِعاً

هَوايَ فَوَيحي يَومَ أَسكُنُ هُوَّتي

The Lord of mankind saw me in it, following

My desires, so alas the day I inhabit my essence!

وَما بَرِحَت لي أَلوَّةٌ حَرَجِيَّةٌ

تُصَيِّرُ مِن رَطبِ العِضاهِ أَلُوَّتي

And there remained for me no comfort in difficulties

That turn the juicy fresh dates into dried dates.

أَبوَتُكَ يا إِثمي وَمَن لي بِأَنَّني

أَتَيتُكَ فَاِشكُر لا شَكَرتَ أُبُوَّتي

I disowned you, oh my sin! And who can help me, since I

Came to you, so give thanks, do not thank my fatherliness!