لِمُبَشِّري بِرِضاكَ أنْ يَتَحَكَّما
لا المالَ أسْتَثْنِي عَلَيْهِ ولا الدِّما
For those who proclaimed Your consent could take control,
I do not make exception of wealth, nor blood.
تاللَّهِ لا غُبِنَ امْرُوءٌ يَبْتاعُهُ
بِحَيَاتِهِ فَوُجودهُ أنْ يُعْدَما
By Allah, a man is not wronged if he buys it
With his life, though his existence would perish.
أَيّ المَعاذِرِ أرْتَضِي لِجِنايَةٍ
عَظُمَتْ وَلَكِن ظَلَّ عَفْوُكَ أَعْظَما
What excuse could I be satisfied with for a crime
That was heinous, though Your pardon was more tremendous?
نَدَمِي عَلَى ما نَدَّ مِنِّي دائِمٌ
وعَلامَةُ الأوَّابِ أنْ يَتَنَدَّما
My regret for what flowed from me is everlasting.
And the mark of the penitent is that he remains regretful.
يَا طُولَ بُؤْسِيَ مُبْسَلاً بِجَريرَةٍ
إنْ لَمْ تُجِرْنِي بالتَّجاوُزِ مُنْعِما
O You of endless affliction, dressed in a robe of sin,
If You do not draw me with forgiveness, Bestower of bounty.
مَوْلايَ رُحْماكَ التي عَوَّدْتَنِي
إنِّي اعْتَمَدْتُكَ خَاضِعاً مُسْتَرْحِما
My Master, Your mercy which You accustomed me to—
I relied on You, humbly beseeching.
فَأحَقُّ مَنْ تُولِي الإقَالَةَ عاثِرٌ
لَمْ يَسْتَحِبَّ عَلى الهُدى قطُّ العَمَى
So the most deserving for You to pardon is one who stumbled
Who never preferred blindness over guidance.
أقْصاهُ عَنْكَ تَزَلُّفٌ بِخَطِيئَةٍ
خَالَ الصَّوابَ خِلالَها وَتَوَهَّما
Keep him from You—wandering into sin,
Straying its course, deluded in imagination.
ولَقَدْ تَحَفَّظَ في المَقَالَةِ جُهْدَه
لَكِنَّهُ نُمِيَ الحَديثُ ونُمْنِما
And he was diligent in guarding his speech,
But slumber overcame conversation and dozed off.
مَوْلايَ عَبْدُكَ مَا لَه مِنْ مَعْدِلٍ
عَنْ دارِ عَدْلِكَ منْذُ حَلَّ وَخَيَّما
My Master, Your servant has no alternate
To Your abode of justice since he pitched camp and settled.
لَوْ أنَّهُ يَجِدُ الحَيَاةَ كَريمَةً
في غَيْرِها لَرَأى المَنِيَّةَ أكْرَما
If he found life honorable in other than it,
He would see death as more noble.
إِنْ يَنْتَزِحْ نادِيكَ عَنْهُ يَقْتَرِبْ
منْهُ وإِلا تَحْمِهِ يَلجِ الحِمَى
If Your caller moves away from him, he approaches.
Otherwise, its fever will force him to enter.
مُتَهافِتاً مُتَرامِياً مُتَطارِحاً
مُتَواصِلاً مُتَوَسِّلاً مُتَحَرِّما
Rushing, extending, falling,
Persisting, pleading, sanctifying.
قَد عَلَّمَتْهُ تَجَنُّبَ الجَهْلِ العُلَى
يَكْفِيهِ أَن قَوَّمْتَهُ فَتَقَوَّما
You taught him to avoid ignorant heights.
It suffices him that You straightened him, so he walked straight.
هَيْهاتَ يَصْحُو أَوْ يُواقِعُ سَلْوَةً
مَنْ لَمْ يَزَلْ برضاك مُغْرىً مُغْرَما
Far-fetched! One awakes or experiences tranquility
Who did not remain devoted to Your pleasure, infatuated.
أهْوِنْ بِما لاقاه مِنْ هُونٍ إِذا
لاقَاكَ مُرْتاحاً له مُتَرَنِّما
The disgrace he meets is lighter when
He meets You, comforted by and humming to You.
وجَثَا يُقَبِّل قَبْلَ راحَتِكَ الثَّرَى
غَرِداً بِما أوْلَيْتَهُ مُتَرَنِّما
He kneeled, kissing the soil of Your palm,
Warbling with what You blessed him, humming.
بِمَثَابَةٍ رَسَخَ الهُدَى أثْنَاءَها
عَلَماً وقَام الحَقُّ فيها مُعْلَما
With a reward in which guidance took root during it
As a sign, and truth stood in it as a mark.
هَيْهاتَ يَصْحُو أَوْ يُواقِعُ سَلْوَةً
مَنْ لَمْ يَزَلْ برضاك مُغْرىً مُغْرَما
Far-fetched! One awakes or experiences tranquility
Who did not remain devoted to Your pleasure, infatuated.
أهْوِنْ بِما لاقاه مِنْ هُونٍ إِذا
لاقَاكَ مُرْتاحاً له مُتَرَنِّما
The disgrace he meets is lighter when
He meets You, comforted by and humming to You.
وجَثَا يُقَبِّل قَبْلَ راحَتِكَ الثَّرَى
غَرِداً بِما أوْلَيْتَهُ مُتَرَنِّما
He kneeled, kissing the soil of Your palm,
Warbling with what You blessed him, humming.
بِمَثَابَةٍ رَسَخَ الهُدَى أثْنَاءَها
عَلَماً وقَام الحَقُّ فيها مُعْلَما
With a reward in which guidance took root during it
As a sign, and truth stood in it as a mark.
