مَثَلي وَقَد وافَيتُ أَطلُبُ رِفدَكُم

جَهلاً وَلَم يَكُ لي حجَىً يَنهاني

My example when I sought your aid

Was in ignorance, and no wise man checked me,

مَثَلُ الظَليمِ مَضى يَرومُ بِجَهلِهِ

قرناً فَعادَ مُصَلَّمَ الآذانِ

Like a blind man who in his blindness wanders astray

For an age, then returns cropped of ear,

وَكَّلتَ بي صَعبَ المِراسِ مُلازِماً

كَالظِلِّ يَتبَعُني بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

You made my lot the hard road as a constant companion,

Like a shadow that follows me everywhere,

لَم أَعشُ عَن ذِكرِ الإِلهِ فَلَيتَني

أَدري عَلامَ قُرِنتُ بِالشَيطانِ

I did not live heedless of remembrance of God, would that I

Knew why I was joined with Satan!