وأي ضعيف ثابت يا متين إن

قضيت عليه يا متين بنقمة

And what weak one can stand firm, O Firm One, if

You decree retribution against him, O Firm One?

تمسك وهني يا متين مقذفاً

بجهد البلاء المستمر المشتت

My frailty has clung, O Firm One, buffeted

By the strain of ceaseless affliction that scatters me,

بحبلك ذا الحبل الشديد وماسك

بحبل المتين الحق في حرز عصمة

To Your rope, this strong rope; and whoever clings

To the rope of the true Firm One is in a refuge of protection.

ورودي وصدري يا متين معوق

وحظي مقرون بشئوم وخيبة

And my coming and my going, O Firm One, are hindered,

And my lot is bound to ill omen and disappointment.

وقدري ضئيل يا متين وإن تقم

متانة قدري يا متين استقلت

And my standing is slight, O Firm One; and if You establish

The firmness of my standing, O Firm One, it stands independently.

ومن أمتن الأشياء قدر تشده

يمينك تطوي عنه كل شديدة

And among the firmest things is a station strengthened by

Your right hand, which folds every hardship away from it.

وإنك إن متنت حالي تمتنت

وإن كنت في اتمام حالي تمت

And indeed, if You strengthen my condition, it grows strong;

And if You undertake to perfect my condition, it is perfected.

وإنك إن تعقد حظوظي بعروة ال

متينية العظمى فامتن بعروتي

And indeed, if You bind my fortunes to the handhold of the

Supreme Firmness, how firm my handhold is!

وإنك إن شددت أزري تفصمت

بغي بي السوء أودى بقصمة

And indeed, if You strengthen my back, shattered is

The evil sought against me; it perishes with a crushing blow.

وإن سماتي يا متين بعثنني

إليك وقد أحصيت مطلب وفدتي

And indeed my traits, O Firm One, have sent me

To You, and You have already reckoned the purpose of my coming.