استغفر الله في أمني واوجالي

I ask God's pardon for my security and my fears, / for my heedlessness and the succession of my poor deeds.

They said, 'You have grown old and never trod the path to Tihama, / neither among walking pilgrims nor riders upon pack-camels.'

I said, 'I am blind, and those who possess sound judgment / have seen paths for men like me other than the mandatory Hajj.'

My grandfather did not make pilgrimage, nor did my father or brother, / nor my cousin, and my maternal uncle never knew Mina.'

Yet others will fulfill it for them as a duty after they have departed— / a folk who will perform the rites for me after I pass away.

If they win forgiveness, may I triumph along with them; / otherwise, I am one who roasts in a fire like theirs.

I do not desire any bliss in which they have no share, / for they are my kindred and my peers.

Shall I conceal this if my reckoning is shielded, / or will the decree demand my reprimand and questioning?

Who will grant me the divine pleasure that I invoke so He may have mercy, / that I may not call out like those who are my peers among the faithless?

They spent the night plotting my death while their desires took shape, / and I spent it with them never crossing my mind at all.

They nocked arrows for me from their quivers, / but I awoke miles away from where their strikes could reach.

What do you suppose when my soldiers are angels, / and their soldiers are caught between idle gossip and worldly talk?

I met them with the staff of Moses, which denied / Pharaoh his kingdom and rescued the family of Israel.

I stand through the fifth part of the night and fast the whole year through, / and I are persistently mindful of God at dawn and dusk.

Only two festive days of feasting did I break my fast during this year that came: / the Festival of Sacrifice followed by the festival of Shawwal.

While the ignorant compete in fine garments, / you see me with rough cotton as my only cloak.

Not every creature of the world leaves a lasting mark; / I fear only the consequence of my evil deeds and my wealth.

I worship God without hoping for His reward, / but rather out of devotion to His nobility and majesty.

I preserve my religion from any hoped-for bounty, / unlike those peoples whose worship is traded for worldly stipends.