لقد طرقتني يا رحيم قوارع

لقد طرقتني يا رحيم قوارع

غواشٍ كثيفاتٍ تبثُّ غواشيا

غواشٍ كثيفاتٍ تبثُّ غواشيا

Calamities have indeed struck me, O Merciful One—

Calamities have indeed assailed me, O Merciful One,

dense, enveloping afflictions spreading their shrouds over me.

Dense, enveloping afflictions that spread their shrouds.

وشؤم ذنوبي سامني خطط الردى

وشؤم ذنوبي سامني خطط الردى

ومزق أطواري وانأى صلاحيا

ومزق أطواري وانأى صلاحيا

The evil of my sins has driven me down the paths of ruin,

And the ill fortune of my sins has subjected me to ruin's ordeals,

tearing my being apart and driving righteousness far from me.

And torn my life apart and driven my righteousness far away.

لم أرفع الشكوى فيكشف كربتي

لم أرفع الشكوى فيكشف كربتي

ويرحم تضراعي سواك الهيا

ويرحم تضراعي سواك الهيا

I have raised my complaint to none who might dispel my anguish

I have raised my complaint to none who might dispel my anguish

and pity my supplication—none but You, my God.

And have mercy on my pleading, save You, my God.

وأنت الرحيم الحق عطفك شامل

وأنت الرحيم الحق عطفك شامل

مطيعاً ولياً أو عصياً معاديا

مطيعاً ولياً أو عصياً معاديا

You are the true Merciful One; Your compassion encompasses

And You are the true Merciful One; Your compassion embraces

the obedient friend and the defiant foe alike.

An obedient friend or a rebellious foe.

وإني وإن أسرف على النفس جانيا

وإني وإن أسرف على النفس جانيا

فإني ما زايلت حسن رجائيا

فإني ما زايلت حسن رجائيا

Though I have transgressed against my own soul as a sinner,

And though I go to excess, doing wrong to my own soul,

I have never relinquished the beauty of my hope.

Yet I have never relinquished my good hope.

وزاد رجائي إنني بك مؤمن

وزاد رجائي إنني بك مؤمن

وإني لم أقنط وإن كنت عاصيا

وإني لم أقنط وإن كنت عاصيا

My hope has only grown, for I believe in You,

And my hope has grown, for I believe in You,

and I have never despaired, though I have been disobedient.

And I have not despaired, though I have been disobedient.

تباركت فرج كل كرب وغمة

تباركت فرج كل كرب وغمة

وهم ونفس كل ضيق عرانيا

وهم ونفس كل ضيق عرانيا

Blessed are You: relieve every anguish, sorrow,

Blessed are You: dispel every anguish and sorrow

and care, and ease every straitness that has beset me.

And worry, and ease every hardship that has befallen me.

تعاليت انعشني بروحك واكفني

تعاليت انعشني بروحك واكفني

برحمتك الباساء والطف بحاليا

برحمتك الباساء والطف بحاليا

Exalted are You; revive me with Your spirit, and shield me

Exalted are You: revive me with Your relief, and shield me

by Your mercy from affliction, and deal gently with my condition.

By Your mercy from adversity, and be gentle with my plight.

وحقك لم أيأس من الرحمة التي

وحقك لم أيأس من الرحمة التي

رزقت بها النعاب في الوكر خاويا

رزقت بها النعاب في الوكر خاويا

By Your truth, I have not despaired of the mercy with which

And by Your truth, I have not despaired of the mercy

You provide for the raven in its nest, hollow with hunger.

With which You fed the raven chick, hungry in its nest.

ولا تقنطوا من رحمة اللّه دلني

ولا تقنطوا من رحمة اللّه دلني

ولا تيأسوا من روحه ما دعانيا

ولا تيأسوا من روحه ما دعانيا

“Do not despair of God’s mercy” has guided me,

'And do not despair of God's mercy' has guided me,

and “Do not despair of His relief,” so long as it summons me.

'And do not lose hope of His relief' is what has called me.

وفي الرحموت السابق الغضب انتهت

وفي الرحموت السابق الغضب انتهت

ظنوني فقابل يا رحيم انتهائيا

ظنوني فقابل يا رحيم انتهائيا

My expectations have come to rest in the boundless mercy

And in the vast mercy that precedes wrath have come to rest

that precedes wrath; so receive my end, O Merciful One.

My expectations; so welcome, O Merciful One, my arrival there.