تعلقت بالاسباب دون مدبري

تعلقت بالاسباب دون مدبري

فَقطعها بي فاِنقلبتُ الى حسري

فَقطعها بي فاِنقلبتُ الى حسري

I clung to worldly means, forsaking Him who governs my affairs;

I clung to means rather than to the One who governs my affairs.

so He severed them from me, and they became my regrets.

So He cut them off for me, and I fell back into my regret.

وَلَو أَنَّني اِستَغنيت باللَه وحده

وَلَو أَنَّني اِستَغنيت باللَه وحده

عَن الخلق لَم أَحتج لزيد وَلا عمرو

عَن الخلق لَم أَحتج لزيد وَلا عمرو

Had I sought sufficiency in God alone,

And had I found sufficiency in God alone,

free of all creatures, I would have needed neither Zayd nor ʿAmr.

apart from creation, I would have needed neither Zayd nor ʿAmr.

فَيا واسع اللطف الخَفي تولني

فَيا واسع اللطف الخَفي تولني

بلطفك واشرح سيدي بالرضا صَدري

بلطفك واشرح سيدي بالرضا صَدري

O You, boundless in hidden grace, take me into Your care;

So, O You of boundless hidden kindness, take me into Your care

through Your kindness, my Master, open my breast to contentment.

with Your kindness, and, my Master, expand my breast with contentment.

وألبس حمى ذلي بعزك عزة

وألبس حمى ذلي بعزك عزة

وأسبل عَلى الستر يا مسبل الستر

وأسبل عَلى الستر يا مسبل الستر

Clothe the sanctuary of my lowliness, through Your might, in honor,

And clothe the sanctuary of my lowliness in honor through Your might.

and let a veil fall over concealment, O You who draws down the veil.

And let the veil fall over me, O You who let the veil fall.

وَلا تَمتَحني في الورى بعَظيمة

وَلا تَمتَحني في الورى بعَظيمة

يَضيق بها ذرعي وَيفنى لَها صَبري

يَضيق بها ذرعي وَيفنى لَها صَبري

Do not try me before humankind with some grave ordeal

And do not try me among humankind with a calamity

that exceeds my strength and exhausts my patience.

that overtaxes my strength and exhausts my patience.

وان رأت الاعداء كيف تكيدني

وان رأت الاعداء كيف تكيدني

فخذها بكف الكف من حيث لا أَدري

فخذها بكف الكف من حيث لا أَدري

And if the enemies see how they might scheme against me,

And if the enemies see how to plot against me,

then seize them with the hand of restraint, from a direction I cannot discern.

then seize them with the hand of restraint, from where I know not.

وَصن ماءَ وَجهي عَنسؤال مذلة

وَصن ماءَ وَجهي عَنسؤال مذلة

بفضلك واشملني لدى العسر باليسر

بفضلك واشملني لدى العسر باليسر

Preserve the dignity of my face from the humiliation of begging;

And preserve my face's luster from humiliating begging,

through Your bounty, enfold me in ease amid hardship.

through Your bounty, and enfold me in ease amid hardship.

وَجوهر بنور العلم قَلبي وَقالبي

وَجوهر بنور العلم قَلبي وَقالبي

وَضَع أَصر أَوزاري الَّتي أَنقضت ظَهري

وَضَع أَصر أَوزاري الَّتي أَنقضت ظَهري

By the light of knowledge, make my heart and outward form jewel-like,

And make jewels of my heart and frame with the light of knowledge.

and remove the crushing burden of my sins, which has made my back groan.

And remove the burden of my sins, which have made my back creak.

وأكرم لاجلي من يَليني رحامة

وأكرم لاجلي من يَليني رحامة

وَحط أَنسهم بالخبر من شرر الشر

وَحط أَنسهم بالخبر من شرر الشر

For my sake, mercifully honor those close to me,

And honor, for my sake, those close to me in kinship.

and hedge their fellowship with discernment against the evil of evil.

And guard their company with knowledge from the sparks of evil.

وَكن سَيدي عوني وَغوثي دائِما

وَكن سَيدي عوني وَغوثي دائِما

وَعزى وَحرزى دائما وَغنى فقري

وَعزى وَحرزى دائما وَغنى فقري

And be, my Master, my aid and my succor always—

And be, my Master, my help and my succor always,

my strength and my refuge always, and the wealth within my poverty.

and my strength and my refuge always, and my poverty's wealth.