حَشَدَ الذُنوبَ عَلَيَّ يَومَ عِتابي

حَشَدَ الذُنوبَ عَلَيَّ يَومَ عِتابي

حَتّى لَأَذكَرَني بَيَومِ حِسابي

حَتّى لَأَذكَرَني بَيَومِ حِسابي

He marshaled my sins against me the day he reproached me,

He gathered sins against me on the day of my punishment

So much so that he reminded me of my day of reckoning.

Until he reminded me of the day of my judgment

أَهلاً بِهَذا العَتبِ فَهوَ مُبَشِّري

أَهلاً بِهَذا العَتبِ فَهوَ مُبَشِّري

أَنّي لِأَحبابي مِنَ الأَحبابِ

أَنّي لِأَحبابي مِنَ الأَحبابِ

Welcome this reproach, for it brings me glad tidings

Welcome to this reproach, for it gives me good news

That my loved ones count me among the beloved.

That I am among the most beloved of loved ones

وَإِذا بَكَيتُ يُقالُ زَوَّرَ أَدمُعاً

وَإِذا بَكَيتُ يُقالُ زَوَّرَ أَدمُعاً

وَيَغُرُّ خادِعُ دَمعِهِ الكَذّابِ

وَيَغُرُّ خادِعُ دَمعِهِ الكَذّابِ

And when I weep, they say, “He has forged tears,

And when I cry, it is said he fakes his tears

And the false show of his lying tears deceives.”

And the lying deceiver's tears lead him astray

وَالهَجرُ هاجِرَةٌ يُفيضُ سَرابَها

وَالهَجرُ هاجِرَةٌ يُفيضُ سَرابَها

جَفني فَيَصدُقُ دونَ كُلِّ سَرابِ

جَفني فَيَصدُقُ دونَ كُلِّ سَرابِ

And separation is a scorching noon whose mirage is poured forth

Estrangement is a migrant whose mirage overflows

By my eyelid—and so proves true, unlike every other mirage.

My eyelids, so they believe beyond any mirage