1. ألا يا صاحبي قد ضاق صدري

    بما في الوقت من أحوال تجري

    Listen, my friend: my breast has grown tight

    Because of the circumstances unfolding in these times,

  2. وأعمال وأقوال وأشيا

    علمت بها وأشيا لست أدري

    And deeds, and words, and things

    I have learned of, and things I do not know.

  3. أمور تجعل العقلا حيارى

    سكارى غائبين بغير خمر

    Matters that leave the wise bewildered,

    Drunk and oblivious, without wine.

  4. فخذ عنهم ومل منهم إلى من

    له الشان العظيم وكل قهر

    So take from them, and turn away from them toward the One

    Who possesses great majesty and all subduing power:

  5. إله الخلق وهاب العطايا

    عظيم الفضل مصلح كل أمر

    The God of creation, the bountiful giver of gifts,

    Great in bounty, setting every matter right.

  6. إلهي خالقي ربي غياثي

    أنيسي حين أوضع وسط قبري

    My God, my Creator, my Lord, my succor,

    My companion when I am laid within my grave.

  7. رفعت إليه حاجاتي وفقري

    وشكواي وأحوالي وضري

    I have raised to Him my needs and my poverty,

    And my complaint, my circumstances, and my affliction.

  8. وأرجو خالقي يمنن علىّ

    بمطلوبي بمحياي وحشري

    And I hope my Creator will favor me

    With what I seek, in my life and at my resurrection.

  9. إلهي لا تخيبني فإني

    مقر أنني ضيعت عمري

    My God, do not disappoint me, for I

    Confess that I have squandered my life

  10. ياشيا كلها لعب ولهو

    وزور موجبات كل خسر

    On things that are all play and diversion,

    And falsehood, bringing every loss.

  11. فعفوا ثم عفوا ثم عفوا

    وإحسانا وصفحا عن مقر

    So grant pardon, then pardon, then pardon,

    And kindness, and forgiveness for one who confesses.

  12. وهب لي توبة من كل ذنب

    بها يصلح فؤادي وشرح صدري

    And grant me repentance from every sin,

    Through which my heart is set right and my breast expanded.

  13. وحسن لي الخاتمه وأهل ودّي

    وكل المسلمين بكل قطر

    And grant a good end to me and those dear to me,

    And all Muslims in every land,

  14. بجاه المصطفى خير البرايا

    وأشكرهم وأدمغهم لكفر

    By the rank of the Chosen One, the best of creation,

    And the most grateful of them, and their mightiest vanquisher of unbelief.

  15. عليه الله صلي ثم سلم

    عدد ماهب ريح وناح قرى

    O God, send blessings upon him, then grant him peace,

    As often as a wind blows and villages lament.