1. اِنقَضَت شِرَّتي فَعِفتُ المَلاهي

    إِذ رَمى الشَيبُ مَفرِقي بِالدَواهي

    My youthful ardor ended, so I came to loathe diversions,

    When gray hair hurled calamities at the parting of my head.

  2. وَنَهَتني النُهى فَمِلتُ إِلى العَد

    لِ وَأَشفَقتُ مِن مَقالَةِ ناهِ

    And reason restrained me, so I turned toward jus-

    tice, and feared the words of an admonisher.

  3. أَيُّها الغافِلُ المُقيمُ عَلى السَهَ

    وِ وَلا عُذرَ في المُقامِ لِساهِ

    O heedless one, persisting in heedless-

    ness—and no heedless one has an excuse for persisting.

  4. لا بِأَعمالِنا نُطيقُ خَلاصاً

    يَومَ تَبدو السَماءُ فَوقَ الجِباهِ

    Not by our deeds can we attain salvation

    On the day the sky appears above the brows.

  5. غَيرَ أَنّي عَلى الإِساءَةِ وَالتَف

    ريطِ راجٍ لِحُسنِ عَفوِ اللَهِ

    Yet despite my wrongdoing and negli-

    gence, I hope for God's gracious pardon.