1. وَلي مِنَ الدُنيا هَوىً واحِدٌ

    يا رَبِّ فَاِصفَح لي عَنِ الواحِدِ

    And in this world I have but one love.

    O my Lord, forgive me for that one love.

  2. لا تَترُكَنّي فيهِ يا ذا العُلا

    أُحدوثَةَ الصادِرِ وَالوارِدِ

    Do not leave me, on his account, O Lord of the heights,

    The talk of those who go and those who come.

  3. يا رَبِّ إِن فارَقتُهُ بَعدَما

    أَضرَعَني لِلشامِتِ الحاسِدِ

    O my Lord, if I part from him after

    He has humbled me before the gloating envier,

  4. فَأَلحِقِ الروحَ وَجُثمانَهُ

    بِوَهدَةِ المُحتَفِرِ اللاحِدِ

    Then consign the soul and its body

    To the hollow dug by the gravedigger.