إنindeed الخطيَّةَsin خُطَّةٌan ordeal ماnot اسطَاعهاhe could bear it
إن الخطيَّةَ خُطَّةٌ ما اسطَاعها
ربُّa master النُهَىreason لوeven if كانَhe were صخراًrock جَلمَداunyielding
ربُّ النُهَى لو كانَ صخراً جَلمَدا
Indeed, sin is an ordeal that could not be borne
By a master of reason, even were he solid rock.
تَرَحاًwoe لهاto it منfor شُقَّةٍan arduous journey قضَّيتُهاI endured it
تَرَحاً لها من شُقَّةٍ قضَّيتُها
فاكدتُso I nearly أنto أَقضيperish أَسىًsorrow وتجلُّداand striving to endure
فاكدتُ أن أَقضي أَسىً وتجلُّدا
Woe to it, for the arduous journey I have endured!
So I nearly died of sorrow, striving to endure.
لمnot يألَفِwas familiar with القلبُthe heart المُضيعُsquandering زمانَهُits time
لم يألَفِ القلبُ المُضيعُ زمانَهُ
فيin عُمرهِits lifetime إلَّاexcept الملاهيَdiversions والدَدَاand play
في عُمرهِ إلَّا الملاهيَ والدَدَا
The heart that squandered its time never knew,
In all its life, anything but diversions and play.
قلبٌa heart مُنِيwas afflicted ممَّاthrough what استلذَّit relished بسكرةٍwith intoxication
قلبٌ مُنِي ممَّا استلذَّ بسكرةٍ
وَرَدَit encountered المَناdeath فيهاin it وتاهَand went astray وعربداand ran riot
وَرَدَ المَنا فيها وتاهَ وعربدا
A heart afflicted, through what it relished, with intoxication:
In it, it encountered death, went astray, and ran riot.
فمتىwhen, then يكونُwill there be جِلاءُa clearing غيمٍa cloud حاجبٍveiling
فمتى يكونُ جِلاءُ غيمٍ حاجبٍ
شمسَthe sun الهُدَىguidance عنهُfrom it فيحَمَدَso it may praise منthe one who هَدَىguided
شمسَ الهُدَى عنهُ فيحَمَدَ من هَدَى
When, then, will the cloud be cleared away that veils
The sun of guidance from it, so it may praise the one who guided it?
قدindeed مرَّhas passed حُلوُsweetness العيشِlife منيfrom me بِئسَماhow wretched
قد مرَّ حُلوُ العيشِ مني بِئسَما
أَوَّاهُalas قدindeed ضيَّعتُI wasted أياميmy days سُدَىin vain
أَوَّاهُ قد ضيَّعتُ أيامي سُدَى
The sweetness of life has passed from me—how wretched!
Alas, I have wasted my days in vain!
أطلقتُI set free نفسيmy soul فيamid لُباناتcravings الهَوَىpassion
أطلقتُ نفسي في لُبانات الهَوَى
فغَدَوتُso I became فيin نَهَضاتِهاits stirrings متقيِّداfettered
فغَدَوتُ في نَهَضاتِها متقيِّدا
I let my soul loose amid the cravings of passion,
So I became fettered in its stirrings.
ونظمتُand I strung together نثرَscattered fragments الإِثمَsin عِقدَa necklace محارمٍforbidden deeds
ونظمتُ نثرَ الإِثمَ عِقدَ محارمٍ
جمَّعتُهاI gathered them فيin القلبthe heart جمعاًa gathering مُفرَداsingle
جمَّعتُها في القلب جمعاً مُفرَدا
And I strung sin's scattered fragments into a necklace of forbidden deeds,
I gathered them within the heart into a single whole.
قلبٌa heart تجرَّدَstripped itself للمآثمِfor sins فاكتسىso it clothed itself
قلبٌ تجرَّدَ للمآثمِ فاكتسى
اسفاًsorrow فأصبحَso it became كاسياًclothed متجرّداnaked
اسفاً فأصبحَ كاسياً متجرّدا
A heart that stripped itself for sins, and so clothed itself
In sorrow, becoming clothed yet naked.
قدindeed قادَناled us قَودَthe leading of الجَزُورِa camel for slaughter صنيعُناour own doing
قد قادَنا قَودَ الجَزُورِ صنيعُنا
عَسفاًforcibly ولمand not يألَفwas accustomed to بذلكin that مِقوَداa halter
عَسفاً ولم يألَف بذلك مِقوَدا
Our own doing has led us like a camel led to slaughter,
By force, though in this it knew no halter.
حتىuntil استَرَقَّenslaved نفوسناour souls اعداؤُناour enemies
حتى استَرَقَّ نفوسنا اعداؤُنا
طوعاًwillingly فاصيحناso we became لديهمin their keeping أَعبُداslaves
طوعاً فاصيحنا لديهم أَعبُدا
Until our enemies enslaved our souls,
Willingly, so we became slaves in their keeping.
فاستأسرواso they took captive المسبيَّthe captive منthrough نَزَغاتِهِمtheir evil promptings
فاستأسروا المسبيَّ من نَزَغاتِهِم
وهمُand they الذينَthose who اسيرُهمtheir captive لاnot يُفتدَىis ransomed
وهمُ الذينَ اسيرُهم لا يُفتدَى
So they took prisoner the one seized by their evil promptings,
And they are those whose captive cannot be ransomed.