سألتُ ربي ورب الناس كلِّهُمُ

سألتُ ربي ورب الناس كلِّهُمُ

تَضرُّعاً واليه يصعدُ الكَلمُ

تَضرُّعاً واليه يصعدُ الكَلمُ

I asked my Lord and the Lord of all mankind,

I asked my Lord, the Lord of all people

In supplication—and to Him words ascend—

With pleading, and to Him words rise

أن يصرف السوء عن حوباءِ محتمل

أن يصرف السوء عن حوباءِ محتمل

أوْقَ المكارمِ تحلو عندهُ النِّعمُ

أوْقَ المكارمِ تحلو عندهُ النِّعمُ

To avert harm from the soul of one who bears

That He may turn harm away from the enduring beloved

The burden of noble deeds, with whom blessings grow sweet;

The virtuous, with Him bounties are sweet

وأنْ يُعيذَ بهاء الدين من وصبٍ

وأنْ يُعيذَ بهاء الدين من وصبٍ

يعتلُّ منه العُلى والمجدُ والكرمُ

يعتلُّ منه العُلى والمجدُ والكرمُ

And to protect Baha al-Din from an ailment

And that He may protect Bahauddin from adversity

From which eminence, glory, and generosity fall ill.

That makes the eminent and glory and generosity falter

يفِرُّ عن جاره في كل نازلةٍ

يفِرُّ عن جاره في كل نازلةٍ

وضيْفهِ القاتلانِ الجورُوالعدمُ

وضيْفهِ القاتلانِ الجورُوالعدمُ

They flee from his neighbor in every calamity,

He flees from his neighbor in every calamity

And from his guest—the two killers, injustice and destitution.

And his guest, oppression and nonexistence are killers

بيتُ المناقبِ لا حلَّتْ بساحتهِ

بيتُ المناقبِ لا حلَّتْ بساحتهِ

كريهةٌ ما استمرَّ الصبُّح والظلَم

كريهةٌ ما استمرَّ الصبُّح والظلَم

The house of noble virtues—may there never descend upon its courtyard

The home of virtues, no disgrace entered its yard

A calamity, so long as dawn and darkness endure.

As long as the dawn and darkness continued