أَقِلني عِثاري وَاِحتَسِبها صَنيعَةً

أَقِلني عِثاري وَاِحتَسِبها صَنيعَةً

يَكونُ بِرُحماها لَكَ اللَهُ جازِيا

يَكونُ بِرُحماها لَكَ اللَهُ جازِيا

Pardon my stumbles, and count it as a kindness;

Bear with me in my errors, counting them as good deeds,

God will reward you for its mercy.

So Allah may reward you for your mercy.

كَفى حزناً أَن لَستَ تَرضى وَلا أَرى

كَفى حزناً أَن لَستَ تَرضى وَلا أَرى

فَتىً راضِياً عَنّي وَلا اللَهَ راضِيا

فَتىً راضِياً عَنّي وَلا اللَهَ راضِيا

It is sorrow enough that you are not pleased, nor do I see

It is sorrow enough you are not pleased, nor do I see

a man pleased with me, nor God pleased.

A content lad, or Allah satisfied with me.

وَلَستُ أُرَجّي بَعدَ سَبعينَ حِجَّةً

وَلَستُ أُرَجّي بَعدَ سَبعينَ حِجَّةً

حَياةً وَقَد لاقَيتُ فيها الدَواهِيا

حَياةً وَقَد لاقَيتُ فيها الدَواهِيا

And after seventy years, I do not hope for

After seventy excuses, I hope no more for life,

life, having already encountered calamities in it.

Having met therein such pitfalls.

وَلا بُدَّ أَن أَلقى الرَدى مِن مُصَمِّمٍ

وَلا بُدَّ أَن أَلقى الرَدى مِن مُصَمِّمٍ

فَكَم يَتَوَقّى مَن تَخَطّى الأَفاعِيا

فَكَم يَتَوَقّى مَن تَخَطّى الأَفاعِيا

And I must meet death from a deadly serpent;

I must soon encounter death with determination-

for how long can one who has stepped over vipers guard himself?

How eagerly longs for it he who braves the serpents!