بِمَوقِفِ ذُلّي دونَ عِزَّتِكَ العُظمى

بِمَوقِفِ ذُلّي دونَ عِزَّتِكَ العُظمى

بِمَخفِيِّ سِرٍّ لا أُحيطُ بِهِ علِما

بِمَخفِيِّ سِرٍّ لا أُحيطُ بِهِ علِما

By my lowly stance before Your supreme might,

With my humiliating stance, not your great pride,

By a hidden mystery I cannot fully comprehend,

With a secret I do not fully comprehend,

بِإِطراقِ رَأسي بِاِعتِرافي بِذِلَّتي

بِإِطراقِ رَأسي بِاِعتِرافي بِذِلَّتي

بِمَدِّ يَدي أَستَمطِرُ الجودَ وَالرُحمى

بِمَدِّ يَدي أَستَمطِرُ الجودَ وَالرُحمى

By my bowed head, by my acknowledgment of my lowliness,

With my bowed head, confessing my lowliness,

By my outstretched hand as I seek a rain of bounty and mercy,

With outstretched hands, I implore your kindness and mercy,

بِأَسمائِكَ الحُسنى الَّتي بَعضُ وَصفِها

بِأَسمائِكَ الحُسنى الَّتي بَعضُ وَصفِها

لِعِزَّتِها يَستَغرِقُ النَثرَ وَالنَظما

لِعِزَّتِها يَستَغرِقُ النَثرَ وَالنَظما

By Your most beautiful names, even part of whose description

With your beautiful names, some of whose greatness

because of their majesty, exhausts all prose and verse,

Would overwhelm prose and verse,

بِعَهدٍ قَديمٍ مِن أَلَستُ بِرَبِّكُم

بِعَهدٍ قَديمٍ مِن أَلَستُ بِرَبِّكُم

بِمَن كانَ مَجهولاً فَعُرِّفَ بِالأَسما

بِمَن كانَ مَجهولاً فَعُرِّفَ بِالأَسما

By an ancient covenant dating from “Am I not your Lord?”,

With an ancient covenant, was I not your Lord?

By the one who was unknown, then made known through the names,

With the one who was unknown, made known by names,

أَذِقنا شَرابَ الأُنسِ يا مَن إِذا سَقى

أَذِقنا شَرابَ الأُنسِ يا مَن إِذا سَقى

مُحِبّاً شَراباً لا يُضامُ وَلا يَظما

مُحِبّاً شَراباً لا يُضامُ وَلا يَظما

Let us taste the draught of intimacy, O You who, whenever You give

Give us the draught of intimacy, O You who, when You give

a lover a drink, leave him neither wronged nor thirsty.

A lover to drink, neither cheats nor is stingy.