1. سَحَرًا هاجَنِي اللُّجوءُ لِبابِكْ

    هاتِنَ الدَّمعِ خائِفًا مِن عَذابِكْ

    Before dawn, I was stirred to seek refuge at Your door,

    With tears streaming, afraid of Your torment,

  2. وَجِلًا مِنْ صَنائعٍ وخطايا

    سِرَّها قد طَوَيْتَهُ في حِجابِكْ

    Trembling at deeds and sins

    Whose secret You have already folded away within Your veil.

  3. وغَدا الخَوفُ مَسْرَحي ومَراحِي

    مُسْتَبِدًّا بِجَبْهَتي عندَ بابِكْ

    And fear became my roaming ground and resting place,

    Holding sway over my brow at Your door.

  4. وتَوَلَّتْنِي الهُمومُ كلَيْلٍ

    مُدْلَهِمٍّ مُؤَرَّقٍ مِن عِتابِكْ

    And cares took hold of me like a night,

    Pitch-dark, kept sleepless by Your reproach.

  5. ضَعُفَتْ حِيلَتِي فأيُّ اعتذِارٍ

    ليلةَ القَبْرِ مُؤنِسي في تُرابِكْ

    My resourcefulness has weakened—what plea

    Will comfort me on the night of the grave, in Your dust?

  6. لي مِنَ الذَّنْبِ ما عَلِمْتَ وإنّي

    مُسْتَزِيدٌ ولاجِئٌ في رِحابِكْ

    Mine are the sins You know, and I

    Seek more and take refuge in Your spacious courts.

  7. أنا رَغْمَ الَّذي جَنَيْتُ إلهي

    لم أزلْ ضارِعًا على أَعتابِكْ

    I, despite the wrong I have done, my God,

    Have never ceased pleading humbly at Your thresholds.

  8. فاكسُنِي حُلَّةَ الرِّضا قبلَ مَوْتي

    ولَدَى الحَشْرِ، البعثَ في أحبابِكْ

    So clothe me in the robe of Your approval before my death,

    And at the Gathering, raise me among Your beloved.