اِنقَضَتended شِرَّتيmy youthful ardor فَعِفتُso I loathed المَلاهيdiversions
اِنقَضَت شِرَّتي فَعِفتُ المَلاهي
إِذwhen رَمىhurled الشَيبُgray hair مَفرِقيthe parting of my head بِالدَواهيwith calamities
إِذ رَمى الشَيبُ مَفرِقي بِالدَواهي
My youthful ardor ended, so I came to loathe diversions,
My youth has passed, and I've given up childish ways
My youthful fervor ends; I shun all play,
When gray hair hurled calamities at the parting of my head.
Since gray hairs have attacked my temples to abrade
For grey hair strikes my head with disarray.
وَنَهَتنيand restrained me النُهىreason فَمِلتُso I turned إِلىtoward العَدjustice (first part)
وَنَهَتني النُهى فَمِلتُ إِلى العَد
لِjustice (last part) وَأَشفَقتُand I feared مِنof مَقالَةِthe words of ناهِan admonisher
لِ وَأَشفَقتُ مِن مَقالَةِ ناهِ
And reason restrained me, so I turned toward jus-
The prohibition turned me toward righteousness
Reason restrained me, so I sought the Just,
tice, and feared the words of an admonisher.
For I feared the talk of the blamer behind my back
And feared the warner's voice, as mortals must.
أَيُّهاO you الغافِلُthe heedless one المُقيمُpersisting عَلىin السَهَheedlessness (first part)
أَيُّها الغافِلُ المُقيمُ عَلى السَهَ
وِheedlessness (last part) وَلاand no عُذرَexcuse فيin المُقامِpersistence لِساهِfor a heedless one
وِ وَلا عُذرَ في المُقامِ لِساهِ
O heedless one, persisting in heedless-
O heedless one persisting upon sin so oft
O heedless one, who dwells in absent mind,
ness—and no heedless one has an excuse for persisting.
No excuse remains at the time of standing still
No true excuse for stupor will you find.
لاnot بِأَعمالِناby our deeds نُطيقُwe can attain خَلاصاًsalvation
لا بِأَعمالِنا نُطيقُ خَلاصاً
يَومَon the day تَبدوappears السَماءُthe sky فَوقَabove الجِباهِthe brows
يَومَ تَبدو السَماءُ فَوقَ الجِباهِ
Not by our deeds can we attain salvation
On the day the sky lays bare what's atop all heads
Not by our deeds can we attain release,
On the day the sky appears above the brows.
By our deeds we cannot attain deliverance
The Day the sky appears above the brow.
غَيرَexcept أَنّيthat I عَلىdespite الإِساءَةِwrongdoing وَالتَفand negligence (first part)
غَيرَ أَنّي عَلى الإِساءَةِ وَالتَف
ريطِnegligence (last part) راجٍhopeful لِحُسنِfor the goodness of عَفوِthe pardon of اللَهِGod
ريطِ راجٍ لِحُسنِ عَفوِ اللَهِ
Yet despite my wrongdoing and negli-
Save that for my wrongs and neglect, I hope
Yet I, despite my sins and negligence,
gence, I hope for God's gracious pardon.
God's bountiful pardon and grace I may invoke.
Hope for God's pardon and His benevolence.