الهي افتقاري لازم لحقيقتي

الهي افتقاري لازم لحقيقتي

إلى رحمة الرحمن في كل لحظة

إلى رحمة الرحمن في كل لحظة

My God, my need is inseparable from my very being—

My God, inherent in my very being is my need

need for the All-Merciful’s mercy at every moment,

for the All-Merciful's mercy at every moment.

إلى نظرة الرحمن تحت جماله

إلى نظرة الرحمن تحت جماله

أبث اضطراراً طارقاتي وشقوتي

أبث اضطراراً طارقاتي وشقوتي

need for a glance from the All-Merciful, beneath His beauty.

To the All-Merciful's gaze, beneath His beauty,

I lay bare my desperate need, the afflictions that visit me, and my misery.

I pour out, in dire need, my afflictions and my misery.

الهي يا رحمن استعطف الرضا

الهي يا رحمن استعطف الرضا

واستكشف البلوي وغمي وكربتي

واستكشف البلوي وغمي وكربتي

My God, O Merciful One, incline Your favor compassionately toward me;

My God, O All-Merciful, I implore Your favor,

remove the affliction, my grief, and my anguish.

and seek relief from affliction, my grief, and my anguish.

الهي يا رحمن أستوهب الغنى

الهي يا رحمن أستوهب الغنى

ففي سعة الرحمن الهي غنيتي

ففي سعة الرحمن الهي غنيتي

My God, O Merciful One, I beg You to grant me freedom from need,

My God, O All-Merciful, I ask to be granted freedom from need;

for in the All-Merciful’s abundance, my God, lies all my sufficiency.

for in the All-Merciful's abundance, my God, lies my sufficiency.

الهي يا رحمن أسأل رحمة

الهي يا رحمن أسأل رحمة

تلم بها صدعي وترحم غربتي

تلم بها صدعي وترحم غربتي

My God, O Merciful One, I ask for a mercy

My God, O All-Merciful, I ask for mercy

with which You may mend my brokenness and have mercy on my estrangement.

with which You mend my brokenness and have mercy on my estrangement.

بجودك يا رحمن كل بلية

بجودك يا رحمن كل بلية

وإن عظمت قد آذنت بتشتت

وإن عظمت قد آذنت بتشتت

Through Your generosity, O All-Merciful, every affliction—

By Your generosity, O All-Merciful, every affliction,

however great—has heralded my dissolution.

however great, has already heralded its dispersal.

الهي يا رحمن كم من مصيبة

الهي يا رحمن كم من مصيبة

برحمتك اللهم وحيا تجلت

برحمتك اللهم وحيا تجلت

My God, O Merciful One, how many a calamity

My God, O All-Merciful, how many a calamity

has swiftly vanished through Your mercy, O God!

has swiftly vanished through Your mercy, O God!

الهي يا رحمن ما أستمده

الهي يا رحمن ما أستمده

برحماك ممدود كأقرب لمحة

برحماك ممدود كأقرب لمحة

My God, O Merciful One, whatever aid I seek

My God, O All-Merciful, whatever aid I seek

is extended through Your mercy, as near as the nearest instant.

is supplied through Your mercy, as swiftly as the briefest glance.

الهي يا رحمن لاذ بك الرجا

الهي يا رحمن لاذ بك الرجا

فمن على ضعفي يأرحم نظرة

فمن على ضعفي يأرحم نظرة

My God, O Merciful One, hope has sought refuge in You;

My God, O All-Merciful, hope has sought refuge in You;

so favor me in my weakness, O Most Merciful, with a glance.

so favor my weakness with the most merciful glance.

بعاطفة الرحمن عاذت حقائقي

بعاطفة الرحمن عاذت حقائقي

وعمري وفقري وانقطاعي وذلتي

وعمري وفقري وانقطاعي وذلتي

In the All-Merciful’s tender compassion my innermost realities have sought refuge—

In the All-Merciful's compassion, my essential realities have sought refuge,

my life, my poverty, my helplessness, and my lowliness.

and my life, my poverty, my isolation, and my lowliness.