Ramadhan

O! Sickened soul, rejoice for forgiveness has come, Eleven months of sin and dine, sawm to you has come, O! Soul of mine, do not despair and go astray, Do not follow your whims and desires and ways, Do not deviate from the truth that has come to you. O Soul! Decreed upon you is to fast and pray, To worship your Lord and ask to be led to the right way, O! Soul of mine, hear what your Lord has to say, And save yourself from hellfire, regrets and dismay. Fast! Fast! By the virtue of the command, Fast! O Souls! healthy and able, from dawn to dusk abstain, From foods and sins and that which hearts darken, From gossips, slanders and in prayers do not hasten. Know the young, the elderly, the menstruating, the ill, Know the exempted, the pregnant, the breastfeeding, Those under compulsion, the travelling, the mad, Know them as free from fasts but on them are debts, That they need repay later, in line with ayahs of the Quran. Say in prayer, O God! I for many years sinned, Lead me O God! To find that night that is blessed, Say in prostration, forgive me and make me at peace, With myself and strip me of any severe illness, That may make me not fast, not stand up in prayer.