شُغِلْتُ بيوْمِ العرْضِ عمّنْ وسيلَتي

الى اللّهِ يوْمَ العرْضِ رحْمَةُ جدِّهِ

I was preoccupied with the Day of Reckoning from the one whose means I was

To Allah on the Day of Reckoning is the mercy of his grandfather

وإنْ كُنْتُ قد قصّرْتُ في فرْضِ برِّهِ

فوَاللهِ ما قصّرْتُ في رَعْيِ عهْدِهِ

And if I was remiss in fulfilling the duty of his righteousness

By Allah, I was not remiss in tending to his covenant

ولا جهِلَتْ نفْسي أياديَ التي

جعلْتُ لِساني بعْدَها رهْنَ حَمْدِهِ

Nor was I unaware of the favors which

I made my tongue after them hostage to his praise

وإنْ ضاقَ وُسْعي عنْ قِيامي ببَعْضِها

فَما ضاقَ عنْ عُذْرٍ لَها وُسْعُ مَجْدِهِ

And if my capacity was too narrow to fulfill some of them

Still the expanse of his glory was not too narrow for excuses for it