قَريحُ القَلبِ مِن وَجَعِ الذُنوبِ

قَريحُ القَلبِ مِن وَجَعِ الذُنوبِ

نَحيلُ الجِسمِ يَشهَقُ بِالنَحيبِ

نَحيلُ الجِسمِ يَشهَقُ بِالنَحيبِ

Wounded at heart by the pain of sins,

The soul's gift from the pain of sins

Wounded at heart from the pain of sins,

Gaunt of body, he gasps with sobs.

A frail body moaning in lament

Gaunt of body, gasping with heavy sobbing.

أَضرَّ بِجِسمِهِ سَهَرُ اللَيالي

أَضرَّ بِجِسمِهِ سَهَرُ اللَيالي

فَصارَ الجِسمُ مِنهُ كَالقَضيبِ

فَصارَ الجِسمُ مِنهُ كَالقَضيبِ

Sleepless nights have harmed his body,

Kept awake through the long nights

The sleeplessness of nights has ravaged his frame,

So his body became like a twig because of it.

Until it became like a rod

Until his body became like a slender twig.

وَغَيَّرَ لَونَهُ خَوفٌ شَديدٌ

وَغَيَّرَ لَونَهُ خَوفٌ شَديدٌ

لِما يَلقاهُ مِن طَولِ الكَروبِ

لِما يَلقاهُ مِن طَولِ الكَروبِ

And intense fear changed his complexion,

Fear changed its hue intensely

Intense fear has altered his complexion,

Because of the prolonged afflictions he faces.

From the length of its torment

Because of the prolonged anguish he faces.

يُنادي بِالتَضَرُّعِ يا إِلَهي

يُنادي بِالتَضَرُّعِ يا إِلَهي

أَقِلني عَثرَتي وَاِستُر عُيوبي

أَقِلني عَثرَتي وَاِستُر عُيوبي

He calls out in supplication: O my God,

It cries imploring, my God

He calls out in humble supplication: "O my God,

Pardon me for my lapse, and conceal my faults.

Lighten my stumbling, hide my flaws

Forgive my slip and cover my flaws.

فَزِعتُ إِلى الخَلائِقِ مُستَغيثاً

فَزِعتُ إِلى الخَلائِقِ مُستَغيثاً

فَلَم أَرَ في الخَلائِقِ مِن مُجيبِ

فَلَم أَرَ في الخَلائِقِ مِن مُجيبِ

I turned to created beings, seeking help,

I fled to creation, seeking aid

I turned in panic to creation seeking aid,

But found no one among created beings who would answer.

But found no answerer among creatures

Yet I found no answerer among the created.

وَأَنتَ تُجيبُ مَن يَدعوكَ رَبّي

وَأَنتَ تُجيبُ مَن يَدعوكَ رَبّي

وَتَكشِفُ ضُرَّ عَبدِكَ يا حَبيبي

وَتَكشِفُ ضُرَّ عَبدِكَ يا حَبيبي

And You answer whoever calls upon You, my Lord,

Yet You answer those who call You Lord

But You answer the one who calls upon You, my Lord,

And remove Your servant's affliction, O my Beloved.

And relieve Your servant’s harm, my Beloved

And You lift the harm from Your servant, O my Beloved.

وَدائي باطِنٌ وَلَدَيكَ طِبُّ

وَدائي باطِنٌ وَلَدَيكَ طِبُّ

وَمِن لي مِثلَ طِبِّكَ يا طَبيبي

وَمِن لي مِثلَ طِبِّكَ يا طَبيبي

And my illness is inward, and with You is healing;

My malady is inward; Your healing ready

My disease is hidden within, and with You is the cure,

And who can offer me healing like Yours, O my Physician?

And who has a cure like Yours, my Healer

And who can offer me a cure like Yours, O my Physician?