وصلتُ على إنفاق عُمري تأسُّفي

وصلتُ على إنفاق عُمري تأسُّفي

وصولَ منيبٍ تائبِ قطعَ اللَّهوا

وصولَ منيبٍ تائبِ قطعَ اللَّهوا

I have come with remorse over the wasting of my life,

I have reached in spending my life regretfully

coming as a returning penitent who has forsaken idle pleasures.

The arrival of a repentant sinner, whom Allah has cutoff from vanity

وعدت إلى مدح النبي محمدٍ

وعدت إلى مدح النبي محمدٍ

فأوسعتُ هاتيكَ الذنوب بها مَحوَا

فأوسعتُ هاتيكَ الذنوب بها مَحوَا

And I returned to praising the Prophet Muhammad,

And I returned to praising Prophet Muhammad

so through it I thoroughly effaced those sins.

I have given these sins, through it, vast forgiveness

وكنتُ شكوتُ الدّاءَ ما جَنيتُهُ

وكنتُ شكوتُ الدّاءَ ما جَنيتُهُ

لربٍّ رَحيمٍ لم يَزل يسمَعُ الشَّكوى

لربٍّ رَحيمٍ لم يَزل يسمَعُ الشَّكوى

And I had complained of the malady I had brought upon myself

And I used to complain of an illness which I have brought upon myself

to a merciful Lord who never ceases to hear complaints.

To a Lord Most Merciful, who never ceases to hear complaints

وأخلصتُ في حالِ الدُّعاء لأنَّني

وأخلصتُ في حالِ الدُّعاء لأنَّني

وثقتُ بربٍّ يكشفُ الضّرَّ والبَلوى

وثقتُ بربٍّ يكشفُ الضّرَّ والبَلوى

And I was sincere in prayer, because I

And I was sincere in my supplication, because I

trusted in a Lord who dispels harm and affliction.

Trusted in a Lord who removes adversity and affliction

وما لي لا أدعُو إلهي مُخلصا

وما لي لا أدعُو إلهي مُخلصا

ولي جسدٌ إن باشَر النَّار لا يَقوى

ولي جسدٌ إن باشَر النَّار لا يَقوى

And why should I not invoke my God with sincere devotion,

Why should I not sincerely pray to my God

when I have a body that cannot endure contact with the fire?

When I have a body, that if touched by fire, cannot endure

ومدحُ رسولِ اللَه خيرُ ذخيرة

ومدحُ رسولِ اللَه خيرُ ذخيرة

أرجِّي بها من خالقي كرمَ المثوى

أرجِّي بها من خالقي كرمَ المثوى

And praise of God's Messenger is the finest treasure,

And praising the Messenger of Allah is the best provision

through which I hope for a gracious abode from my Creator.

With which I hope for honorable abode from my Benevolent Creator

وحسبي شبابُ لم أنل منه طائلاً

وحسبي شبابُ لم أنل منه طائلاً

كأنّي به قد كنتُ أخبطُ في عَشوا

كأنّي به قد كنتُ أخبطُ في عَشوا

And enough for me is a youth from which I gained nothing worthwhile,

And it suffices me a youth in which I gained nothing

as though during it I had been stumbling in darkness.

As if I was staggering in vain through it

ولم أدّعي أني أنبتُ وأنَّني

ولم أدّعي أني أنبتُ وأنَّني

لأَسعَد خلقِ اللَه إن صحَّت الدَّعوى

لأَسعَد خلقِ اللَه إن صحَّت الدَّعوى

Nor have I claimed that I have repented, and that I

And I did not claim that I grow and that I

am surely the happiest of God's creatures, if the claim is true.

Am the happiest of Allah's creations, if the claim is valid

وكأن شبابي في الحقيقة سكرةً

وكأن شبابي في الحقيقة سكرةً

فلما انقضى أصبحتُ أَلتزمُ الصَّحوا

فلما انقضى أصبحتُ أَلتزمُ الصَّحوا

And it was as though my youth were, in truth, a drunken stupor;

And as if my youth was in reality an intoxication

so when it ended, I came to hold fast to sobriety.

So when it ended, I started to commit to sobriety

وما حيلتي إِن لم يُدارِك بعفوِهِ

وما حيلتي إِن لم يُدارِك بعفوِهِ

إله كريم طالَما وهبَ العَفوَا

إله كريم طالَما وهبَ العَفوَا

And what recourse have I if I am not rescued, through His pardon,

And I have no stratagem if the generous God

by a generous God who has so often bestowed forgiveness?

Does not save me with his pardon, as He has always granted pardon