1. يا غافر الذنب من جود ومن كرم

    وقابل التوب من جان ومُجتَرِم

    O Forgiver of sin, out of bounty and generosity,

    And Accepter of repentance from offenders and sinners,

  2. ومُسبِلَ السِّتر إحسانا ومرحَمَةً

    على العُصاةِ بفيضِ الفضل والكرم

    Who spreads the veil in kindness and mercy

    Over the disobedient, with overflowing grace and generosity,

  3. اقبل متانىَ واغفر ما جنته يدى

    واستر عيوبي وباعدني عن التهم

    Accept my repentance and forgive what my hand has committed.

    Conceal my faults and keep me far from accusations.

  4. وأيقظ القلبَ من نؤمٍ ومن سنة

    واملأه بالعلم والأنوار والحِكَمِ

    Awaken the heart from sleep and drowsiness,

    And fill it with knowledge, lights, and wisdom.

  5. وخلِّص النفس من غيٍّ ومن غِيَرٍ

    واغسل فؤادي من ظُلمٍ ومن ظُلَمِ

    Deliver my soul from error and vicissitudes,

    And wash my heart of injustice and darkness.

  6. وصن بفضلك منى كلَّ جارحة

    عن المعاصي وعن داء وعن سقم

    By Your grace, protect every limb of mine

    From sins, illness, and sickness.

  7. وعافنى واعف عنى كلما خَطَرَت

    خواطِرُ الغيِّ في صحوى وفي حُلُمى

    Grant me well-being and pardon me whenever there arise

    Thoughts of error in my waking and my dreams.

  8. يا ربِّ إن كنتُ قد فرّطتُ في صِغَرى

    فإنني اليوم قد أفرطتُ في الندم

    O my Lord, if I was negligent in my youth,

    Today I have indeed gone to excess in remorse.

  9. ضيّعتُ عمريَ في لهو وفي لعب

    وفي ارتكاب المناهى غير محتشم

    I squandered my life in amusement and play,

    And in committing forbidden acts, without shame.

  10. وكنت في غفلة عن كل موعظة

    كأن سمعي عن الوعّاظ في صمم

    I was heedless of every admonition,

    As though my hearing were deaf to preachers.

  11. واليوم ايقظني وخط المشيب وقد

    ولّى الشّباب وقامت دولة الهرم

    Today the streaks of gray have awakened me, while

    Youth has departed and old age's dominion has arisen.

  12. كتمت سرّ وفار منه أزعجني

    فذاع في الوجه بعد الكتم بالكتم

    I concealed a secret; what welled up from it troubled me,

    Then it spread over my face, through katam dye after concealment.

  13. ولاح في مفرقي كالصّبح مبتسما

    يطوى بساط سواد الليل من لمى

    It shone, smiling like dawn, at the parting of my hair,

    Rolling up the carpet of night's black, dusky hue.

  14. وبعد خمسين عاما جئت معترفا

    بما جنيت ولكن شافعي ندمى

    After fifty years I have come confessing

    What I committed, but my remorse is my intercessor.

  15. يا ربّ عفوك للعاصين متّسعٌ

    وبحرُ جودكَ مورودٌ لكلّ ظَمِ

    O Lord, Your pardon has ample room for sinners,

    And every thirsty soul approaches the ocean of Your bounty.

  16. فاجعل بفضلك حسن العفوِ يشمَلني

    واغسل ذنوبي وما ألمَمتُ من لمَمِ

    By Your grace, let the beauty of pardon embrace me,

    And wash away my sins and the minor offenses I committed.

  17. فإنّ قلبي من التوحيد ممتلىءٌ

    والشكرُ دأبى وآيُ الذكر من كلمي

    For my heart is filled with belief in God's oneness;

    Gratitude is my habit, and verses of the Remembrance are among my words.

  18. ودَيدَني هيبةُ المولى وخشيتَهُ

    وعن حقوقكَ لم أغفُل ولم أنَمِ

    Awe of the Lord and fear of Him are my constant way,

    And I have neither neglected Your rights nor slept.

  19. وحبّ خيرِ الورى عندي وعِترَتِهِ

    وصحبِه فرضُ عينٍ قد سرى بدَمي

    To me, love of the best of humankind and his household

    And his companions is an individual duty that has coursed through my blood.

  20. هذا اعتقادي وهذا كلّ مدّخَري

    لموقفٍ أنت فيه جامعُالأمَمِ

    This is my belief, and this is all my treasure

    For the gathering where You will assemble the nations.

  21. فإن قبِلتَ فهذا حسنُ معتقَدي

    وإن ردَدتَ عرَتني زلّةُ القدَمِ

    If You accept it, this is the merit of my belief;

    If You reject it, a slip of the foot has befallen me.

  22. لكنّ لي أملا في العفو يُطمِعُني

    وفي شفاعة خير العُربِ والعجَمِ

    But I have a hope that makes me yearn for pardon,

    And for the intercession of the best of Arabs and non-Arabs:

  23. محمدٍ سيّد الكونينِ مَن نطَقَت

    له الجبالُ وحَيّتهُ بغيرِ فَمِ

    Muhammad, master of both worlds, for whom spoke

    The mountains, greeting him without a mouth.

  24. ومَن دنا فتدَلّى من حظيرَتِه

    كقابِ قوسينِ أو أدنى معَ العِظَم

    And he who drew near, then descended from His sacred precinct,

    At two bow-lengths, or nearer, amid that majesty.

  25. والعَرشُ والفرشُ والأفلاكُ خاشِعَةٌ

    وخادمُ المصطفى من صفوَةِ الخدَمِ

    The Throne, the earth, and the spheres were bowed in awe,

    And the Chosen One's attendant was among the finest servants.

  26. رأى الإلهَ بعَينى رأسهِ ورأى

    مواهِبَ الفضل فاقت كلّ ذي قِيَمِ

    He saw God with the two eyes of his head, and saw

    Gifts of grace surpassing everything of worth.

  27. وكان ما كانَ مما ليسَ يعلمُهُ

    سوى المهَيمنِ والمختارِ في القِدَمِ

    And what happened happened, among things none knows

    Except the All-Watchful and the Chosen One, in eternity past.

  28. سبحانَ من بصفاتِ الفضلِ جمّلهُ

    فنالَ أعلى العُلا في الخُلق والشيَمِ

    Glory to Him who adorned him with qualities of excellence,

    So he attained the loftiest heights in character and virtues.

  29. السيدُ المصطفى المختار من مُضَر

    ذُخرُ المساكين مثلى واسعُ الكرَمِ

    The master, the Chosen One, the elect of Mudar,

    Treasure of the poor like me, boundless in generosity.

  30. وكيف لا ولواءُ الحمد في يده

    في الحشر يرفعهُ كالمفرَد العلمِ

    How could he not be, with the banner of praise in his hand,

    At the Resurrection, raising it like a solitary mountain?

  31. حاشاهُ يمنَعُني فضلا مكارمَهُ

    إذ غيثُ أنعُمهِ أهمى منَ الدّيَمِ

    Far be it from him to deny me the bounty of his generous favors,

    For the rain of his blessings falls more freely than steady rains.

  32. إنى أرى حُبّهُ ديناً ومعتقَداً

    وحُبُّ عترَتهِ ذُخرى ومُعتَصَمى

    I regard love of him as faith and belief,

    And love of his household as my treasure and refuge.

  33. يا خيرَ من سجَدَت للّهِ جَبهتُهُ

    وقامَ للحَقّ إجلالا على قدَمِ

    O best of those who bowed their foreheads to God,

    And who stood on their feet in reverence for the True One,

  34. ومَن أضاء الدياخى نورُ غُرّتهِ

    فانشقّ صبحُ الهُدى في الحلّ والحرَمِ

    And he whose radiant brow's light illuminated the darkness,

    So the dawn of guidance broke outside and within the Sanctuary,

  35. وخيرَ من لجميعِ الخلقِ أرسلَهُ

    بمُنتهى كرَمِ الأخلاقِ والشيَمِ

    And best of those whom He sent to all creation,

    With the utmost nobility of character and disposition,

  36. أتيتَ والناسُ في غَيّ وفي عَمَهٍ

    مثلَ السوائم من بَهمٍ ومن نَعَمِ

    You came while people were in error and blind bewilderment,

    Like grazing beasts, lambs and livestock,

  37. وعاكِفون على الأوثانِ دَيدَنُهُم

    وأدُ البناتِ ولو في الأشهُرِ الحُرُمِ

    Devoted to idols, their habitual practice

    Being to bury girls alive, even in the sacred months.

  38. فجئتَهُم بكتابٍ جلّ منزِلةً

    يهدى إلى الرشد بل يحيى من العدَم

    You brought them a Book exalted in rank,

    Guiding to right conduct, indeed bringing life from nothingness.

  39. قد أعجزتهُم وهالتُهم بلاغتُه

    فأذعَنوا بعد ذاك الكبرِ والشمَمِ

    Its eloquence left them helpless and filled them with awe,

    And they submitted after that arrogance and haughtiness.

  40. آياتهُ محكماتٌ كلّها عِبَرٌ

    قديمةٌ صفةُ الموصوفِ بالقِدَمِ

    Its verses are firmly wrought, all of them lessons,

    Eternal, an attribute of the One described as eternal.

  41. يزدادُ حسنا بتَكرارٍ لسامعهِ

    أما سواهُ فقد يفضى إلى السأمِ

    It grows more beautiful to its hearer with repetition,

    Whereas anything else may lead to weariness.

  42. فأدبرَ الشركُ في ذلٍّ وفي ضعةٍ

    وأصبحَ النورُ يعلو أرفعَ القمَمِ

    Polytheism retreated in abasement and humiliation,

    And light rose above the loftiest peaks.

  43. وكم ضربتَ بسيفِ الحق في عنُقٍ

    وكم هدمت لجيش الكفر من أطم

    How many a neck you struck with the sword of truth,

    How many a fortress of unbelief's army you destroyed.

  44. وكم أبان حماةُ الدين من جلد

    وشتّتوا الشركَ من دورٍ ومن خيمِ

    How much endurance the defenders of the faith displayed,

    And scattered polytheism from homes and tents.

  45. وساق عسكرُهم في الحرب من أسروا

    كما يساقُ قطيعُ الشاء والغنمِ

    Their army drove those they captured in battle

    As a flock of sheep and goats is driven.

  46. من كلّ شهمٍ بأمر اللّهِ مُؤتمَرٍ

    باللهِ منتصرٍ للحَقّ مُنتقِمِ

    Each a gallant man obedient to God's command,

    Victorious through God, taking vengeance for the truth.

  47. صيدٌ صناديدُ في الهيجاءِ تحسَبُهُم

    أسدَ الشرى برزَت للصيد من أجم

    Proud lords, mighty champions—in battle you would think them

    Lions of al-Shara, emerging from thickets to hunt.

  48. كالشهبِ منقضة يوم النزال إذا

    ما الحرب شبّت لظاها والوطيسُ حمى

    Like meteors plunging on the day of combat, when

    War kindled its blaze and the furnace grew hot.

  49. أصحابُ باس على الأعداء إ ذ جعلوا

    لحمَ العداةِ غذاء الذئبِ والرخمِ

    Men of might against their enemies, when they made

    The flesh of foes food for the wolf and vultures.

  50. ببطنِ مكة يومَ الفتح كم فعلوا

    وطهّروا البيت من رجس ومن صممِ

    How much they did in the heart of Mecca on the day of conquest,

    And cleansed the House of defilement and idols.

  51. غرّ الوجوه بهاليلٌ غطارفةٌ

    من كل قرم إلى لحم العدا قرِم

    Bright-faced, noble-hearted, eminent lords,

    Each a mighty champion, hungry for the enemy's flesh.

  52. فما استكانوا لأعداء ولا وهَنوا

    بل استعانوا بصدقِ القصدِ والهِمَمِ

    They neither yielded to enemies nor grew weak,

    But sought aid in sincerity of purpose and high resolve.

  53. فالعزُّ قائدُهم والنصر رائدُهم

    في كل أمرٍ به إعزازُ دينهمِ

    Glory was their leader and victory their guide

    In every undertaking that strengthened their faith.

  54. والمصطفى صفوة الخلاق يرشدهم

    إلى المعالى بحسن الفعل والكلمِ

    The Chosen One, the Creator's elect, guided them

    To lofty things through excellent deeds and words.

  55. يا سيدا قبل خلق الكون من أزَل

    وكان آدمُ في الصلصال لم يقُم

    O master from eternity, before the universe was made,

    While Adam was still in dry clay, not yet standing,

  56. منك النوال ومنك الخير متصلٌ

    ومنك يرجى الغنى من فضلك السمم

    From you comes bounty, and from you unceasing goodness;

    From you prosperity is hoped for, through your [abundant?] grace.

  57. فأنتَ جاهى إذا ما الناس قدرَ كنوا

    لغير جاهك في حرب وفي سلم

    You are my standing when people have relied

    On standing other than yours, in war and peace.

  58. فركنُ غيرك لا يقوى لمرتكن

    لكن ركنك ركن غير منهدم

    Another's support is not strong enough for one who leans on it,

    But yours is a support that never crumbles.

  59. فامدد إليّ يدا بالجود قد ملئت

    والمس فؤادي بها واملأه بالحكم

    Extend to me a hand filled with generosity,

    Touch my heart with it and fill it with wisdom.

  60. وامنن عليّ بحجّ البيت في سعة

    وبالزيارة في عزّ وفي حشم

    Favor me with pilgrimage to the House in ample ease,

    And with a visitation in honor and with a retinue.

  61. واجعل حياتي بهذى الدار في شرف

    وعزة الجاه والإقبال من قسمي

    Make my life in this abode a life of dignity,

    And honored standing and prosperity my allotted share.

  62. إليك أشكو ديونا ضاق حاملها

    ذرعا فكن لقضاها خير ملتزم

    To you I lament debts whose bearer is overwhelmed,

    Beyond endurance; be the best guarantor of their repayment.

  63. فجود يمناك فياض لسائله

    ومن يمل لعريض الجاه يحترم

    The bounty of your right hand overflows for those who ask,

    And whoever turns to one of immense standing is honored.

  64. واحضر إذا حضر المحتوم من أجلى

    وقت احتضارى بثغر منك مبتسم

    Be present when my destined end arrives,

    At my dying hour, with a smile upon your lips.

  65. وكن لذنبي شفيعا آخذا بيدي

    يوم المعاد فإني من ذوى الرحم

    Intercede for my sin, taking me by the hand

    On the Day of Return, for I am among those bound by kinship.

  66. واعطف علي إذا ما الناس قد حشروا

    ما بين مضطرب الاحشا ومضطرم

    Show me kindness when the people are gathered,

    Some with trembling entrails, others aflame,

  67. والكل من عرق الأجسام في غرق

    إذ هم ببحر من الأهوال ملتطم

    All drowning in the sweat of their bodies,

    Battered in a sea of terrors.

  68. ورد عنّيَ خصمي يوم يرغمني

    على القضاسء وقد ضاق الفضا أممى

    Repel my adversary from me on the day he compels me

    To make restitution, when the space before me has narrowed;

  69. إذا العيوب بدت والصحف قد نشرت

    في موقف بجميع الخلق مزدحم

    When faults appear and the records are laid open,

    In a gathering crowded with all creation,

  70. وماحت الناس من خوف ومن فزع

    إذا الكريم تجلى باسم منتقم

    And people sway with fear and terror,

    When the Generous One manifests under the name of Avenger.

  71. فليس لي غير خير الخلق من سند

    وليس لي في سواه قط من عشَمِ

    I have no support but the best of creation,

    And never any hope in anyone besides him.

  72. فإن لي ذمة منه بتسميتي

    بأحمد وهو أوفى الخلق بالذمم

    For I have a covenant from him through my being named

    Ahmad, and he is the most faithful of creation to covenants.

  73. مدحته وكأني حين أمدحه

    أهديت للبحر قطرات من الديمِ

    I have praised him, and when I praise him it is as though

    I offered the sea a few drops of steady rain.

  74. لا أستطيع ولا غيري مدائحه

    من بعد ما قد أتى في نون والقلم

    Neither I nor anyone else can adequately praise him

    After what has already come in 'Nun and the Pen.'

  75. صلّى الإله عليه كل آونَة

    ما أطرب الورق بالألحان والنغم

    May God bless him at every moment,

    As long as doves delight with melodies and song,

  76. والآل والصحب والأتباع قاطبة

    في كل مبتدأ منى ومختتم

    And all his family, companions, and followers,

    At every beginning and ending of mine.