1. الذّنبُ شَأني وَالقُصورُ سَجيّتي

    وَالجهلُ خُلقي وَالتّهاوُنُ شيمَتي

    Sin is my way, and shortcoming my nature;

    ignorance is my character, and negligence my habit.

  2. وَالعَفوُ مِن شِيَمِ الكريمِ وَشأنِهِ

    وَالصَّفحُ في السّاداتِ خَيرُ مزيّةِ

    Forgiveness is among the noble man's traits and ways,

    and pardoning is the finest virtue among lords.

  3. إِنّي جَنَيتُ مِنَ الذنوبِ كِبارَها

    وَأَتيتُ مِن جَهلي بِكُلِّ عظيمةِ

    I have committed the gravest of sins,

    and through my ignorance perpetrated every enormity.

  4. ماذا اِعتِذاري وَالذُّنوبُ كَثيرَةٌ

    وَبِمَ اِعتِذاري عَن عَظائِمِ زَلَّتي

    What excuse have I, when my sins are many?

    And how can I excuse the enormities of my transgression?

  5. لا عُذرَ لي يَمحو جِنايَةَ مُذنِبٍ

    وَأَخو الجِنايَةِ ما لَهُ مِن حجّةِ

    I have no excuse to erase a sinner's crime,

    and the guilty man has no defense.

  6. وَالعُذرُ ذَنبٌ لا يُزيلُ جِنايةً

    أَترى الخَطايا تَنمَحي بِخَطيئةِ

    And an excuse is a sin; it does not erase an offense.

    Do you think sins can be erased by a sin?

  7. لَكنّني أَقرَرَت أَنّي مُذنِبٌ

    وَجَعَلتُ إِقراري مَبادِئَ تَوبَتي

    But I have confessed that I am a sinner,

    and made my confession the beginning of my repentance.

  8. وَطَرَحتُها في عَفوِ أَكرَمِ ماجِدٍ

    فَطَرَحتُ في الصَّحراءِ أَصغَرَ ذَرَّةِ

    I cast them into the pardon of the most generous nobleman,

    thus casting the tiniest speck into the desert.

  9. العالِمُ النّدْبُ الكريمُ أَخي العُلى

    وَأَبي المَكارِمِ وَالمَزايا الخَمسَةِ

    The learned, gallant, generous one, brother to eminence,

    and father of noble deeds and the five excellences;

  10. السيّدُ البطَلُ الحَليمُ الشَّهمُ مَن

    يَعفو عَنِ الجاني عقيبَ القُدرَةِ

    the lord, the hero, the forbearing, the magnanimous, who

    pardons the offender once he has the power to punish;

  11. الجَهبَذُ النحريرُ وَالعَلَمُ الّذي

    يُهدي الفُهومَ إِذا الجَهالَةُ عَمَّتِ

    the discerning master, the consummate scholar, and the beacon who

    bestows understanding when ignorance prevails;

  12. بَحرُ المَكارِمِ وَالنّدى وَالحِلمِ مَنْ

    تاهَت بِهِ الأَفكارُ حَتّى ضَلَّتِ

    an ocean of noble deeds, bounty, and forbearance, in whom

    thoughts wander until they lose their way;

  13. شَمسُ الحَقيقَةِ وَالمَعارِفِ وَالهُدى

    قَد أَسفَرَت تَمحو ظَلامَ الشّبهَةِ

    the sun of truth, knowledge, and guidance

    has shone forth, dispelling the darkness of doubt;

  14. بَدرُ العلومِ فَلَم يَدَعْ مِن ريبَةٍ

    وَالبدرُ عادَتُهُ جَلاءُ الظُّلمَةِ

    the full moon of learning, who has left no doubt—

    and the full moon's habit is to dispel darkness;

  15. نَجمُ الكَمالِ وَنَجمُ كُلِّ فَضيلَةٍ

    لِلدّينِ نورٌ وَهوَ نورُ السنّةِ

    the star of perfection and the star of every virtue,

    a light for religion, and he is the light of the Sunnah;

  16. مِصباحُ مَجدٍ وَهوَ شَمعَةُ جِلَّقٍ

    حَتّى دَعَتهُ في الوَرى بِالشَّمعَةِ

    a lamp of glory, and he is the candle of Jilliq,

    so she has called him 'the Candle' among humankind.

  17. لا أُطفِئت إِذْ لَم تقطَّ وَلَم تَذُبْ

    بَل لا تَزالُ الدَّهرَ خَيرَ مُضيئَةِ

    May it never be extinguished, for it has neither been trimmed nor melted;

    rather, may it ever remain the finest shining light.

  18. يا أَيُّها المَولى الهُمامُ المُعتَلي

    إِنّي مَدَحتُكَ خادِماً بِقَصيدةِ

    O magnanimous, exalted lord,

    I, your servant, have praised you in a poem.

  19. أَرسَلتُها لَكَ كَي تَكونَ شَفيعَةً

    لِلمُذنِبِ الجاني العَظيمِ الذِّلَّةِ

    I sent it to you to serve as an intercessor

    for the sinful offender, so deeply abased.

  20. وَلَأَنتَ أَكرَمُ قابِلٍ لِشَفاعَةٍ

    حاشا نَظيرَكَ أَن يَردَّ شَفيعَتي

    And you are surely the most generous in accepting intercession;

    far be it from one like you to reject my intercessor.

  21. وَالعَفوُ عادَتُكَ الحَميدةُ في الوَرى

    وَيُعابُ تَركُ العادَةِ المَحمودَةِ

    Forgiveness is your praiseworthy habit among humankind,

    and abandoning a praiseworthy habit is blameworthy.

  22. فَاِقبَلْ رَجاها لا تُخَيِّبْ ظَنَّها

    يا وَيلَها لَو قَد تُردُّ بِخَيبَةِ

    So accept its plea; do not disappoint its trust.

    Alas for it, if it should be turned away disappointed!

  23. وَاِسلَمْ وَدُمْ بِالعزِّ وَالإِسعادِ ما

    سَجعَ الحَمائمُ في الرّياضِ وَغنَّتِ

    May you be safe and endure in honor and happiness, as long as

    the doves coo and sing in the gardens,

  24. أَو ما اِبنُ فَتحِ اللَّهِ جاءَكَ مُذنِباً

    فَكَسَوتَهُ بِالعَفوِ أَحسَنَ حُلَّةِ

    or as long as Ibn Fath Allah comes to you a sinner,

    and you clothe him, through pardon, in the finest robe.