| My Lord, my sins have silenced me,and my words have been cut off.I have no argument,for I am the prisoner of my own affliction,the hostage to my works,the frequenter of my own offense, the confused in my intended way, the thwarted. |
| I have brought myself to a haltin the halting place of the abased sinners,the halting place of the wretched and insolent, those who think lightly of Thy promise. |
| Glory be to Thee!What insolence I have insolently shown toward Thee! What delusion with which I have deluded myself! |
| My Master, have mercy onmy falling flat on my face the slipping of my foot,grant memy ignorance through Thy clemency,and my evildoing through Thy beneficence,for I admit my sinand I confess my offense: Here are my hand and my forelock!I am resigned to retaliation against my soul! Have mercy onmy white hair,the depletion of my days, the nearing of my term, my frailty,my misery,and the paucity of my stratagems! |
| My Master,and have mercy upon me whenmy trace is cut off from this world,my mention is effaced among the creatures,and I join the forgotten, like the forgotten ones! |
| My Master,and have mercy upon me at the change of my
form and state whenmy body decays,my limbs are scattered,and my joints
are dismembered! O my heedlessness toward what was wanted from me! |
| My Master,have mercy upon me at my mustering and
uprisingand on that day, appoint my standing placewith Thy friends,my place of emergencewith Thy beloveds,and my dwelling in Thy neighbourhood!O Lord of the worlds! |
