ها أنت نصرة عاجز مثلي أتا

ها أنت نصرة عاجز مثلي أتا

ك له بكاء تلهف وعويل

ك له بكاء تلهف وعويل

Behold, you are the aid of a helpless man like me who has come

With tears of yearning and woeful cries

to you, with tears of yearning and wailing.

You're no Chinese sword in blindness's sheath

ولانت سيف صين في غمد العمى

ولانت سيف صين في غمد العمى

وبكف سلطان القضا مسلول

وبكف سلطان القضا مسلول

And surely you are a sword preserved in the sheath of blindness,

With the hand of fate's judge unbound

and unsheathed in the hand of destiny's sovereign.

You're God's door, the pillar of support

ولانت باب اللَه السند الدى

ولانت باب اللَه السند الدى

مادق ركن فخاره التحويل

مادق ركن فخاره التحويل

And surely you are God's gate, the support whose

No corner of his pottery is transformed

pillar of glory no change has shattered.

You're the secret in speech, supporter

ولانت سر في الكلام مؤيد

ولانت سر في الكلام مؤيد

وكلام ربي ما له تبديل

وكلام ربي ما له تبديل

And surely you are a mystery affirmed in the word,

And my Lord's words suffer no change

and my Lord's word admits no alteration.

So with your lofty rank and status

فبقدرك العالي وجاهك داولي

فبقدرك العالي وجاهك داولي

بشفاء عطفك فالفؤاد عليل

بشفاء عطفك فالفؤاد عليل

So, by your lofty rank and standing, heal me

Heal with your kindness, for my heart ails

with the healing of your compassion, for the heart is ailing.

Have mercy on servants, when gathered tomorrow

وارحم عبيداً حين يحشر في غد

وارحم عبيداً حين يحشر في غد

من غير حبك ما لديه فتيل

من غير حبك ما لديه فتيل

And have mercy on a humble servant when he is gathered on the morrow:

Without your love, their wicks bear no oil

apart from love of you, he has not a thread's worth.

Their deeds were ill, mistakes intermingled

عمله ساءت ومازجت الخطا

عمله ساءت ومازجت الخطا

وبذاك قام كشيرها وقليل

وبذاك قام كشيرها وقليل

His deeds were evil and mingled with sin,

And so the many and few arose

and in that state stand his deeds, many and few.

With the goodness of love, a secret rope

وله بحسن الحب حبل سريرةٍ

وله بحسن الحب حبل سريرةٍ

حبل النجاح بأصله مجدول

حبل النجاح بأصله مجدول

And through love's beauty he has a cord of inward devotion;

A rope of success, its origin braided

the cord of success is braided into its root.

So by His love, affirmed, and when remembering what

فبحبه متوثق وإذا تذكر ما

فبحبه متوثق وإذا تذكر ما

طواه كتابه فنحجيل

طواه كتابه فنحجيل

Thus he clings firmly to his love; and when he recalls what

His book has concealed, we feel lowly

his book has enfolded, he is ashamed.

And generosity's bounty leads to acceptance

ويسوقه الكرم العميم إلى الرجا

ويسوقه الكرم العميم إلى الرجا

إن الكريم مسامح ومقيل

إن الكريم مسامح ومقيل

And all-embracing generosity leads him toward hope:

The generous forgives and pardons

indeed, the generous one is forgiving and pardoning.

Your mercy protected me, Helper, for I

وحماك رحماك الغياث فأنني

وحماك رحماك الغياث فأنني

ما لي وحقك عن حمالك عدول

ما لي وحقك عن حمالك عدول

Your protection, your mercy—help! For I

Have no right to divert from your burdens

have, by your right, no turning away from your sanctuary.

Your all-encompassing, protecting grace, with no

فرحابك الحامي العفاة وما له

فرحابك الحامي العفاة وما له

في العالمين ممائل وعديل

في العالمين ممائل وعديل

For your precinct shelters seekers of bounty, and has no

Match or equal in the worlds

counterpart or equal in all the worlds.

Through you is guidance and glory for Islam

وبك الهدى والفوز للإسلام وال

وبك الهدى والفوز للإسلام وال

عز الذي وعلاك ليس يحول

عز الذي وعلاك ليس يحول

And through you come guidance and triumph for Islam, and the

The honor raising you turns not away

glory which, by your exalted rank, never fades.

While I am the weakest of your nation

وأنا أقل ضعاف أمتك التي

وأنا أقل ضعاف أمتك التي

هي في ضلالك حملها محمول

هي في ضلالك حملها محمول

And I am the least of the weak in your community, which

Lost without your shade, carried in darkness

has its burden carried beneath your shade.

So by your grace, Lord, spare me the woes of time

فالرب بفضلك واكفني هم الزما

فالرب بفضلك واكفني هم الزما

ن ففيك فيه على بنيه أصول

ن ففيك فيه على بنيه أصول

So, by the Lord [wording unclear], by your grace spare me the cares of

For through you, rules for His children originate

time; for through you I assail its sons in its midst.

Have mercy, when the call for judgment calls

وارحم إذا داعى الحساب دعا فأن

وارحم إذا داعى الحساب دعا فأن

ت المرتجي والسيد المأمول

ت المرتجي والسيد المأمول

And have mercy when the caller to reckoning calls, for

For you are hoped for, the trusted Master

you are the one hoped for and the master in whom hope is placed.

Include, with your help, my father and brothers

واشمل بعونك والدي وإخوتي

واشمل بعونك والدي وإخوتي

وعني إذ بك للمراد حصول

وعني إذ بك للمراد حصول

And enfold my parents and my siblings in your aid,

And me, when with you, wishes are attained

and aid me, since through you the desired end is attained.

Show kindness to my family and all my clan

واعطف على أهلي وكل عشيرتي

واعطف على أهلي وكل عشيرتي

عطفاً به عند الرجاء قبول

عطفاً به عند الرجاء قبول

And show kindness to my family and all my kin,

With kindness, hopes are accepted at their time

a kindness that brings acceptance when they turn in hope.

And for our protection on days of plight, guarantor

ها أنت كالئنا إذا الباغي بغى

ها أنت كالئنا إذا الباغي بغى

ولحفظنا يوم الكروب كفيل

ولحفظنا يوم الكروب كفيل

Behold, you are our guardian when the aggressor transgresses,

Enter, with your generosity, my brothers

and a guarantor of our protection on the day of calamities.

For through your liberality, it pours forth

وادخل ببحر الفضل إخواني وعا

وادخل ببحر الفضل إخواني وعا

ملهم بجودك أنه مبذول

ملهم بجودك أنه مبذول

And admit my brothers into the sea of grace, and deal

And care for Muslims, take them under your wing

with them through your generosity, for it is freely bestowed.

Repel their enemies, odious and hostile

والمسلمين تولهم بعناية

والمسلمين تولهم بعناية

عنهم ترد الضد وهو خذيل

عنهم ترد الضد وهو خذيل

And watch over the Muslims with care,

Upon you, God's blessings as long as dawn gleams

repelling the adversary from them, leaving him forsaken.

And clothes the darkness in inert silence

وعليك صلى اللَه ما لمع الضحى

وعليك صلى اللَه ما لمع الضحى

وكساه من ثوب الظلام خمول

وكساه من ثوب الظلام خمول

And may God bless you as long as morning light shines

And on your family and virtuous companions

and obscurity clothes it in a robe of darkness;

Through steadfastness, the perfect faith encompassed

والآل والأصحاب من بثباتهم

والآل والأصحاب من بثباتهم

جمعت من الدين القويم شمول

جمعت من الدين القويم شمول

and the family and companions, through whose steadfastness

This is what the weak servant Abulhuda recited

the communities of the upright faith were brought together,

Prolonging praise of you, long and abundant

ما أنشد العبد الضعيف أبو الهدى

ما أنشد العبد الضعيف أبو الهدى

شرح المحامد في ثناك طويل

شرح المحامد في ثناك طويل

as long as the frail servant Abu al-Huda recites:

Long is the account of virtues in praise of you.