1. خَلَقتَ لي نَفساً فَأَرصَدتَها

    لِلحُزنِ وَالبَلوى وَهَذا الشَقاء

    You created a soul for me, then reserved it

    for sorrow, affliction, and this misery.

  2. فَاِمنُن بِنَفسٍ لَم يَشُبها الأَسى

    لَعَلَّها تَعرِفُ طَعمَ الهَناء

    So favor me with a soul untainted by grief,

    that it may know the taste of happiness.