وياand O; a conjunction joined to a vocative call مالكSovereign and possessor الملكall dominion and sovereignty الجليلsublime and majestic اقتدارهHis might and power
ويا مالك الملك الجليل اقتداره
لهHis; belonging to Him فيamong براياهHis created beings نفوذunimpeded sway and efficacy المشيئةthe divine will
له في براياه نفوذ المشيئة
O Sovereign of all dominion, whose might is sublime,
His will holds sovereign sway among His creatures.
وياand O; introducing another invocation مالكSovereign and possessor الملكall dominion and sovereignty الغنيthe Self-Sufficient, needing none ومنand He who لهholds or possesses
ويا مالك الملك الغني ومن له
يدthe power, literally the hand السلبof withholding and deprivation والايجابand of granting and bestowal منwithout; here beginning the phrase “without any aid” غيرany; used with the preceding word to mean “without” ظهرةsupport, backing, or helper
يد السلب والايجاب من غير ظهرة
O Sovereign of all dominion, the Self-Sufficient, He who holds
The power to withhold and bestow, without any aid;
وياand O; introducing another invocation مالكSovereign and possessor الملكall dominion and sovereignty العزيزthe Almighty and invincible ومنand He who لهhas or possesses
ويا مالك الملك العزيز ومن له
كمالperfection and completeness التوليof guardianship and sovereign care وافتقارand the utter need and dependence الخليقةof all creation
كمال التولي وافتقار الخليقة
O Sovereign of all dominion, the Almighty, He to whom belong
Perfect guardianship and all creation’s utter need;
وياand O; introducing another invocation مالكSovereign and possessor الملكall dominion and sovereignty المبرthe benefactor who shows goodness عبادهHis servants
ويا مالك الملك المبر عباده
بقسمةthrough an allotment or apportionment عدلthat is just and equitable بينbetween كثرةabundance and plenty وقلةand scarcity or little
بقسمة عدل بين كثرة وقلة
O Sovereign of all dominion, beneficent to His servants
Through a just allotment of abundance and scarcity;
وياand O; introducing another invocation مالكSovereign and possessor الملكall dominion and sovereignty الذيthe One who; linking the invocation to the next line بيمينهin His right hand, symbolizing His absolute power
ويا مالك الملك الذي بيمينه
مفاتيحthe keys, signifying command and control الأشياءof all things انتهتhave ultimately come واستقرتand settled firmly at rest
مفاتيح الأشياء انتهت واستقرت
O Sovereign of all dominion, in whose right hand
The keys of all things have come at last to rest;
بحولكby Your power and might تؤتYou grant and confer الملكdominion and sovereignty ياO; vocative particle ربLord منwhomever تشأYou will
بحولك تؤت الملك يا رب من تشأ
وتنزعهand You take it away ممنfrom whomever تشاءYou will لحكمةfor a wise purpose
وتنزعه ممن تشاء لحكمة
By Your power You grant dominion, Lord, to whom You will,
And take it from whom You will, in wisdom.
وأنتand You are معزthe One who exalts and gives honor منwhomever تشاYou will; poetic spelling of تشاء ومذلand the One who abases منwhomever
وأنت معز من تشا ومذل من
تشاءYou will بتصرفthrough the sovereign operation and ordering اقتضاءrequired or entailed by الألوهةdivinity and godhood
تشاء بتصرف اقتضاء الألوهة
You exalt whom You will and abase whom
You will, as the demands of divinity ordain.
لكYours; belonging to You الملكis all dominion لمhas not ينقصdiminished خزائنكYour treasuries and inexhaustible stores العطاgiving and generosity; poetic form of العطاء
لك الملك لم ينقص خزائنك العطا
لكYours; belonging to You الحمدis all praise لمhave not; here meaning “never” تسأمYou grow weary or tired بعظمhowever great; literally “through the greatness of” العطيةthe gift or grant
لك الحمد لم تسأم بعظم العطية
Dominion is Yours; giving never diminishes Your treasuries.
Praise is Yours; You never weary, however great the gift.
وفيand in يدكYour hand, hence under Your power الخيرis all goodness الذيof which; linking goodness to what follows أنتYou أهلهare uniquely worthy of and its true source
وفي يدك الخير الذي أنت أهله
وخيركand Your goodness and bounty ربيmy Lord عدتيmy provision and mainstay عندat the time of شدتيmy distress and hardship
وخيرك ربي عدتي عند شدتي
In Your hand is the goodness of which You alone are worthy,
And Your goodness, my Lord, is my provision in distress.
إليكto You الهيmy God ارفعI raise and present الفقرmy poverty, need, and helplessness مطلقاًabsolutely and without qualification
إليك الهي ارفع الفقر مطلقاً
فإنfor indeed افتقاريmy need and dependence مطلقabsolute and unrestricted وضرورتيand my dire necessity
فإن افتقاري مطلق وضرورتي
To You, my God, I raise my absolute poverty,
For absolute is my need, and dire my necessity.
فماso not; introducing the denial that anything is hidden خفيتwas hidden منof; indicating even the smallest part سوءthe wretchedness and affliction of حاليmy condition ذرةa single atom or speck
فما خفيت من سوء حالي ذرة
عليكfrom You or to Your knowledge ولاnor; continuing the denial عزتكby Your might; an oath emphasizing certainty مولايmy Master and protecting Lord حاجتيmy need
عليك ولا عزتك مولاي حاجتي
Not one atom of my wretched state is hidden
From You; nor—by Your might, my Master—is my need.
Sol 5.6