زادَhas increased حُبّيmy love لِقُربِfor closeness to أَهلِpeople of المَعاصيsins
زادَ حُبّي لِقُربِ أَهلِ المَعاصي
دونَrather than أَهلِpeople of الحَديثِhadith (religious tradition) وَالإِخلاصِand sincerity
دونَ أَهلِ الحَديثِ وَالإِخلاصِ
My love of closeness to sinners has grown,
My love for the sinners has grown
rather than to people of hadith and sincerity.
More than for the pious and the sincere
كَيفَhow أَغتَرُّcan I be beguiled بِالحَياةِby life وَعُمريwhile my lifespan
كَيفَ أَغتَرُّ بِالحَياةِ وَعُمري
ساعَةًan hour بَعدَafter ساعَةٍan hour فيin اِنتِقاصِdecline
ساعَةً بَعدَ ساعَةٍ في اِنتِقاصِ
How can I be beguiled by life, while my lifespan
How can I be deceived by this life when
diminishes hour after hour?
Every hour subtracts from the years