أُرائيكَ فَليَغفِر لِيَ اللَهُ زَلَّتي

أُرائيكَ فَليَغفِر لِيَ اللَهُ زَلَّتي

بِذاكَ وَدينُ العالَمينَ رِياءُ

بِذاكَ وَدينُ العالَمينَ رِياءُ

I dissemble before you; may God forgive my lapse

May God forgive me my lapse,

In doing so—and the religion of humankind is pretense.

for so deceit is the faith of all people.

وَقَد يُخلِفُ الإِنسانُ ظَنَّ عَشيرِهِ

وَقَد يُخلِفُ الإِنسانُ ظَنَّ عَشيرِهِ

وَإِن راقَ مِنهُ مَنظَرٌ وَرُواءُ

وَإِن راقَ مِنهُ مَنظَرٌ وَرُواءُ

And a person may disappoint his companion's expectations,

And a man may fail his kinsmen's hopes of him

Even if his appearance and good looks are pleasing.

though he be pleasing of face and eloquent.

إِذا قَومُنا لَم يَعبُدوا اللَهَ وَحدَهُ

إِذا قَومُنا لَم يَعبُدوا اللَهَ وَحدَهُ

بِنُصحٍ فَإِنّا مِنهُمُ بُرَآءُ

بِنُصحٍ فَإِنّا مِنهُمُ بُرَآءُ

If our people do not worship God alone

When a people worship not God alone

With sincerity, then we disavow them.

with good counsel, we are quit of them.