إِنَّ ذَنبي وَاللَه ذَنب كَبير

إِنَّ ذَنبي وَاللَه ذَنب كَبير

غَير أَني بحلمكم أَستَجير

غَير أَني بحلمكم أَستَجير

Indeed, my sin, by God, is a great sin.

Indeed, my sin - by Allah - is a grave sin

Yet I seek refuge in your forbearance.

Though through your forbearance I seek deliverance

ضاقَ صَدري وَأَخجَل الذَنب وَجهي

ضاقَ صَدري وَأَخجَل الذَنب وَجهي

وَاِعتَراني من الحَيا تَغيير

وَاِعتَراني من الحَيا تَغيير

My breast grew tight, and sin shamed my face,

My breast grew constrained, and the sin made my face blush in shame

And shame wrought a change in me.

And repentance led me to change my ways in life

وَتَأسفت حين كان الَّذي كا

وَتَأسفت حين كان الَّذي كا

نَ وَلكن جَرى بِهِ المَقدور

نَ وَلكن جَرى بِهِ المَقدور

And I felt remorse when what was done was done;

And I grieved when what happened had happened

Yet what was decreed came to pass.

Yet destiny had its course set out

وَتَأَخرت عن لقاكم حياء

وَتَأَخرت عن لقاكم حياء

ثُمّ اني أَعياني التَأخير

ثُمّ اني أَعياني التَأخير

And I delayed meeting you out of shame;

And I hesitated to meet you out of shyness

Then the delay exhausted me.

But then my procrastination distressed me

وَتَرَكت الحُضور بَينَ يَديكم

وَتَرَكت الحُضور بَينَ يَديكم

خَجلا حين عمني التَقصير

خَجلا حين عمني التَقصير

And I ceased to come before you,

And I neglected to present myself before you

Out of shame, when my failings overwhelmed me.

Ashamed when neglect had marred me

وَتسترب بِالتغفل وَالجه

وَتسترب بِالتغفل وَالجه

ل وَما كل مذنب مَستور

ل وَما كل مذنب مَستور

And I concealed myself [uncertain reading] through heedlessness and ignorance;

And I covered myself with disregard and ignorance

Yet not every sinner is concealed.

Yet not every sinner can remain hidden

وَكَم اِشتَقت لِلحُضور اِلَيكُم

وَكَم اِشتَقت لِلحُضور اِلَيكُم

ثَم اني أَقول كَيفَ الحُضور

ثَم اني أَقول كَيفَ الحُضور

And how often I longed to come to you,

And how much I yearned to be present before you

Then I say: how can I come?

But then I say - how can I be present?

وَتَفكرت في الخَلاص من الذَ

وَتَفكرت في الخَلاص من الذَ

نب فَاَعيا فُؤادي التَفكير

نب فَاَعيا فُؤادي التَفكير

And I pondered deliverance from sin;

And I pondered over salvation from sin

So reflection exhausted my heart.

My heart racked in thought

وَتَوالَت عَلَيّ أَفكار سوء

وَتَوالَت عَلَيّ أَفكار سوء

أَقلقتني وَاِحتار فيها الضَمير

أَقلقتني وَاِحتار فيها الضَمير

And evil thoughts came upon me one after another;

And evil notions thronged me

They troubled me, and my conscience was bewildered by them.

Disquieting me, and confusing my conscience

لكن العَفو لَيس يبعد عَنكُم

لكن العَفو لَيس يبعد عَنكُم

فَعَسى أَن يصح قَلب كَسير

فَعَسى أَن يصح قَلب كَسير

But forgiveness is not far from you,

But forgiveness is not far from you

So may a broken heart be made whole.

So perhaps a broken heart may yet heal

ان ظني وَاللَه فيكم جَميل

ان ظني وَاللَه فيكم جَميل

وَلساني عن اِعتِذاري قَصير

وَلساني عن اِعتِذاري قَصير

Indeed, my opinion of you, by God, is good,

For surely - by Allah - I think well of you

And my tongue falls short in offering my apology.

Though my tongue falls short in expressing my apology

سعة الصَدر قَد دَعَتني اِلى ما

سعة الصَدر قَد دَعَتني اِلى ما

كانَ مني وَالحلم عَنكُم شَهير

كانَ مني وَالحلم عَنكُم شَهير

Your breadth of heart led me to what

Breadth of heart invited me to what I had done

I did; and your forbearance is renowned.

While forbearance from you is well known

شيمَة الاكرَمين عَفو وَصفح

شيمَة الاكرَمين عَفو وَصفح

كل ذنب لَدَيكُم مَغفور

كل ذنب لَدَيكُم مَغفور

Pardon and forgiveness are the way of the noblest;

It is the way of the noblest to pardon and overlook

With you, every sin is forgiven.

Every sin by you is forgiven