عِجِبتُ لِمَن يَرجو مَتاباً لِجاهِلٍ

عِجِبتُ لِمَن يَرجو مَتاباً لِجاهِلٍ

وَما عِندَهُ أَنَّ الذُنوبَ ذُنوبُ

وَما عِندَهُ أَنَّ الذُنوبَ ذُنوبُ

I marvel at one who hopes for an ignorant man's repentance,

I wonder at one who hopes for repentance from an ignorant man

though he does not recognize that sins are sins.

Who does not believe that sins are really sins

إِذا كانَ ذَنبُ المَرءِ لِلمَرءِ شَيمَةً

إِذا كانَ ذَنبُ المَرءِ لِلمَرءِ شَيمَةً

وَلَم يَرَهُ ذَنباً فَكَيفَ يَتوبُ

وَلَم يَرَهُ ذَنباً فَكَيفَ يَتوبُ

If a man's sin is part of his nature,

If a man's sin becomes his very nature

and he does not see it as a sin, then how can he repent?

And he does not see it as sin, how can he repent?