العَبد عَبدك يا مَن أَنتَ سَيدهُ

العَبد عَبدك يا مَن أَنتَ سَيدهُ

وَلَيسَ غَيركَ في الأَوصابِ يُنجدهُ

وَلَيسَ غَيركَ في الأَوصابِ يُنجدهُ

The servant is your servant, O you who are his master.

O servant, you are the servant of the One who is your Master

And none but you comes to his aid amid afflictions.

And none but Him in hardships will aid and muster

أَنتَ الَّذي لِسَبيل الخَير تُرشِدُهُ

أَنتَ الَّذي لِسَبيل الخَير تُرشِدُهُ

مالي سَواكَ رَسول اللَهِ أَقصِدُهُ

مالي سَواكَ رَسول اللَهِ أَقصِدُهُ

You are the one who guides him to the path of goodness.

He who guides you to the path of righteous deed and luster

I have none but you, O Messenger of God, to turn to.

None have I but you, Messenger of God, to seek and cluster

وَمِن جَنابِكَ في الدارين مُلتَمسي

وَمِن جَنابِكَ في الدارين مُلتَمسي

لا أَستَعين بِأَنصار وَلا عَدَد

لا أَستَعين بِأَنصار وَلا عَدَد

And from your presence I seek what I need in both worlds.

And from your side in both abodes is my request and plea

I seek aid from neither supporters nor numbers,

I seek no aid of helpers nor of number and cadre

وَلا بِجاه وَلا مال وَلا وَلَد

وَلا بِجاه وَلا مال وَلا وَلَد

بَل أَنتَ أَنتَ الرَجا يا خَير مُعتَمَدِ

بَل أَنتَ أَنتَ الرَجا يا خَير مُعتَمَدِ

nor from rank, wealth, or offspring.

Neither status, nor wealth, nor child do I infer

Rather, you—you are my hope, O best support.

But You, You are my hope, O best one I repair!

لَولاكِ ما خُلِقَت روحي وَلا جَسَدي

لَولاكِ ما خُلِقَت روحي وَلا جَسَدي

وَلا حَياتي وَلا نَفسي وَلا نَفسي

وَلا حَياتي وَلا نَفسي وَلا نَفسي

Without you, neither my soul nor my body would have been created,

Without You would my soul and body ne’er dare

nor my life, nor my self, nor my breath.

Nor my life, nor self into being e'er flare

أَنت الَّذي حازَ رايات العُلى وَعَلى

أَنت الَّذي حازَ رايات العُلى وَعَلى

مَتن البُراق إِلى السَبع الطِباق عَلا

مَتن البُراق إِلى السَبع الطِباق عَلا

You are the one who won the banners of glory, and upon

You who attained the banners of sublime flare

the back of al-Buraq ascended to the seven layered heavens.

Ascending the Burāq to seventh heaven’s layer

ما خابَ قاصدك الراجي وَلا خَجَلا

ما خابَ قاصدك الراجي وَلا خَجَلا

حَططتُ رحل رَجائي في ذُراك فَلا

حَططتُ رحل رَجائي في ذُراك فَلا

No hopeful seeker of you has met disappointment or shame.

No seeker of Yours disappointed nor in despair

I have laid down the saddle of my hope in your shelter; so do not

I laid my hope’s luggage in Your care, so ne'er

تَجعَل رَجائي بِمَردود وَمُنعَكِسِ

تَجعَل رَجائي بِمَردود وَمُنعَكِسِ

أَشكو إِلَيكَ تَباريحاً وَفَرط أَسى

أَشكو إِلَيكَ تَباريحاً وَفَرط أَسى

leave my hope rejected and turned back.

Make my hope recoiled or reflected in misfare

I complain to you of agonies and overwhelming sorrow,

I complain to You of sadness and melancholy rare

مِن اعتِلال ذُنوب حارَ فيهِ أَسا

مِن اعتِلال ذُنوب حارَ فيهِ أَسا

أَدرك بِلُطفك أَن الصَبر قَد دَرَسا

أَدرك بِلُطفك أَن الصَبر قَد دَرَسا

from the sickness of sins that has baffled the healers.

From the illness of sins, in which agony did fare

Know, in your kindness, that patience has worn away.

Realize with Your grace that patience fled bare

وَأَمطر عَلَيَّ سجالاً مِن نَداكَ عَسى

وَأَمطر عَلَيَّ سجالاً مِن نَداكَ عَسى

يَخضر مِن رَوض حَظي جانب اليَبسِ

يَخضر مِن رَوض حَظي جانب اليَبسِ

And rain upon me bucketfuls of your bounty, that perhaps

And rain upon me from Your clouds, mayhap it will repair

the dry part of my fortune's garden will grow green.

The barren part of my fortune’s garden with gentle care

آل النَبي خَذوا لي عِندَ جَدِكُم

آل النَبي خَذوا لي عِندَ جَدِكُم

مَكانة أَحتَمي فيها بِجَدِكُم

مَكانة أَحتَمي فيها بِجَدِكُم

O family of the Prophet, secure for me with your grandfather

The Prophet's kin took for me in their ancestor's place

a standing where I may find shelter through your greatness.

A standing I take refuge in through their ancestor's grace

قَد لَذَ لي الشُكر في أَوصاف مَجدِكُم

قَد لَذَ لي الشُكر في أَوصاف مَجدِكُم

أَوَد عِندَ إِدكاري خَير حَمدَكُم

أَوَد عِندَ إِدكاري خَير حَمدَكُم

Giving thanks has been sweet to me in describing your glory.

Gratitude's sweetness in glorifying their feats I chase

When I recall the best praise of you, I wish

When neglecting, may I by muteness your laud replace

عَن ذَلِكَ النُطق لَو عَوضت بِالخَرس

عَن ذَلِكَ النُطق لَو عَوضت بِالخَرس

that I were given muteness in place of that speech.