1. مَنْ ذا إلى عَدْلِه أُنهي شكاياتي

    سواك يا رافع السَّبْع السَّمواتِ

    To whose justice can I bring my complaints

    but Yours, O raiser of the seven heavens?

  2. مَنْ ذَا أُرَجيّه أَمْ مَنْ ذا أُؤمِّلُهُ

    لِما أَتّاني مِنَ البلْوي ومَا يَأتي

    Whom can I place my hope in, or whom can I look to,

    for the affliction that has befallen me and whatever is to come?

  3. مَنْ ذا ألوذُ به قيما أَلمَّ ومَنْ

    أدعوهُ إن قلَ صبري في مضرّاتي

    In whom can I seek refuge amid what has befallen me, and whom

    can I call upon if my patience wanes amid my afflictions?

  4. مولاي عَادَاتُك اللاَّتي عُرِفْت بِهَا الْغُ

    فرانُ مَهْمَا غدا العصْيانُ عاداتي

    My Lord, Your ways, for which You are known, are

    forgiveness, even if disobedience has become my habit.

  5. وعفوُك الجسمُّ يا مولايَ أَوسَعُ مِمَّ

    إذا ضاق عنْهُ احْتِمالي مِنْ خطيئاتي

    And Your vast pardon, my Lord, is greater than

    my sins, when they exceed what I can bear.

  6. كَمْ نعمة لك عندِي لا أطيقُ لها

    شكراً ولو أنّني اسْتَغرقتُ ساعاتي

    How many blessings of Yours I have, for which I cannot offer

    thanks, even if I devoted all my hours to it!

  7. ومُعْضِل فادحٍ قد كادَ يُغرقني

    في بحر هُلْكٍ فكانت مِنْك مَنْجاتي

    And many a crushing difficulty almost drowned me

    in a sea of ruin; then my deliverance came from You.

  8. أَحْسَنْتَ يا ربّ تقْويم بتَسْويةٍ

    مُكمّلاً أدواتٍ لي وآلاتِ

    You fashioned me well, O Lord, in balanced proportion,

    perfecting my tools and instruments.

  9. حفظْتَني ربّ غذْ لا خَلق يَحْفَظُني

    بِرّاً وقدَرتَ أقْواتي وأوقاتي

    You protected me, Lord, when no creature could protect me,

    out of kindness, and ordained my sustenance and my appointed times.

  10. ولم تَزَلْ عَينُ برًّ مِنْك تلحظني

    فما خَلَتْ من صَنيعٍ مِنكَ حالاتي

    And Your eye of kindness has never ceased watching over me,

    so no state of mine has lacked an act of kindness from You.

  11. أشكو إليكَ أموراً أنتَ تعلَمُها

    فأنت يا ربّ علاّم الخفيّاتِ

    I complain to You of matters that You know,

    for You, O Lord, are the Knower of all hidden things.

  12. لو كانَ غيركَ يكْفيني عظَائِمها

    أنْبأتُه ما بقَلْبِي مِنْ خبيَّات

    If someone other than You could spare me their gravest troubles,

    I would tell him the secrets within my heart.

  13. هَيْهَات مَالي عِنْدَ الخَلْقِ من فرجٍ

    فأنتَ أنتَ الذي أرجُو لِحَاجاتي

    Far from it! No relief for me lies with created beings.

    So You, You alone, are the one I look to for my needs.