إِلى اللَهِ أَشكو طَوعَ نَفسِيَ لِلهَوى
وَإِسرافَها في غَيِّها وَعُيوبها
دَعَتني إِلى ما تَشتَهي فَأَجَبتُها
فَضاعَ نَصيبي في طِلابي نَصيبها
وَما هِيَ إِلّا كَالفَراشَةِ إِنَّها
تَرى الناسَ ناراً ثُمَّ تُصلى لَهيبَها
In English
To God I complain of my soul's yielding to passion, And its excess in its errors and flaws. It called me to what it desired, so I answered it, And my share was wasted in pursuing its share. And it is but like the moth— It sees the fire of people, then is consumed by its flame.
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