1. سجينٌ مذ وُلِدْتُ بقبوِ طيني

    لهتْكِ الشكّ أسْتجلي يقيني

    A prisoner since I was born, in the cellar of my clay.

    To tear doubt apart, I seek to uncover my certainty.

  2. ومن فوقي وتحتي دجّ عتمٌ

    أمامي حيرتي، خلفي قَريني

    And above me and below me, darkness grew thick.

    Before me, my bewilderment; behind me, my companion.

  3. فَراغُ القلبِ يَقْطُنُ في يَساري

    ولا جدوى بِها امْتَلأتْ يميني

    The heart's emptiness dwells on my left,

    And my right has been filled with futility.

  4. إذا أسرفتُ في الأهواءِ جاءت

    شياطين الغواية تجتبيني

    When I indulge excessively in passions, there come

    Devils of temptation, singling me out.

  5. فيا كمْ اسقطتني في الخطايا

    رياحٌ ارهقت مجْرى سفيني

    And oh, how often I have been cast into sins

    By winds that wearied the course of my ships.

  6. لأجلِ حقيقةٍ تجلو ضبابي

    بحثتُ عن الجوابِ بعينِ "سيني"

    For the sake of a truth that dispels my fog,

    I searched for the answer through the eye of my 'Sīn'.

  7. وكم ضاقت على نفسي رِحابٌ

    فأطلقتُ الدّعاءَ لكيْ يقيني

    And how often open spaces closed in on my soul,

    So I sent forth prayer that He might protect me.

  8. رجائي في إلهي وهْو حَسْبي

    إذا طَعَنَتْ فتاوى صدقَ ديني

    My hope is in my God, and He is enough for me,

    When fatwas stab at the sincerity of my faith.