1. لا بُدَّ لِلإِنسانِ مِن

    يَومٍ بَهِ يَلقى الحِكَم

    For a human being, there must come

    a day on which he encounters wisdom.

  2. يا أَيُّها المِسكينُ هَل

    مِن تَوبَةٍ قَبلَ النَدَم

    O you poor wretch, is there

    any repentance before regret?

  3. أَفنَيتَ عُمرَكَ في الكَبا

    ئِرِ وَالفَواحِشِ وَاللَمَم

    You have spent your life in major

    sins, indecencies, and minor sins.

  4. تَمشي وَقَد حَمَّلتَ مَتـ

    ـنَ الأَرضَ حِملاً بِالقَدَم

    You walk, having laden the back

    of the earth with a burden by your tread—

  5. حِملاً مِنَ الَوزارِ يَأ

    بى حَملَهُ الطَودُ الأَشَم

    a burden of sins that

    the lofty mountain refuses to bear.

  6. حَمَّلتَهُ ما لا يَطيـ

    ـقُ ظَلَمتَهُ فيمَن ظَلَم

    You have burdened it with what it cannot

    bear; you have wronged it among the wrongdoers.

  7. يا نَفسُ هُبّي مِن مَنا

    مِكِ عَنكِ رَبُّكِ لَم يَنَم

    O soul, awaken from your

    sleep; your Lord has not slept heedless of you.

  8. يا نَفسُ توبي وَاِرجِعي

    قَبلَ التَسَدُّمِ بِالسَدَم

    O soul, repent and return

    before you lament in sorrow.

  9. لا تَسلُكي سُبُلَ السَفا

    سِفَ وَالسَفاسِطِ وَالتُهَم

    Do not follow the paths of petty

    things, sophistries, and accusations.

  10. عَلَّ الإِلَهَ يَراكِ بِالـ

    ـغُفرانِ وَالفَضلِ الأَعَم

    Perhaps God will look upon you with

    forgiveness and all-embracing grace.