Sol 6.1

  1. وقفت ببابك اللهم

    م والمقبول مجدود

    I stood at Your door, O God,

    and whoever is accepted is fortunate.

  2. وناديتك يا اللَ

    ه يا من هو معبود

    And I called to You, O God,

    O You who are worshipped.

  3. ولا أدري أمقبولٌ

    دعائي أم فمردود

    I do not know whether accepted

    is my prayer, or rejected.

  4. ولا أدري أدون البا

    ب عن حسناك مطرود

    Nor do I know whether, outside the door,

    I am banished from Your goodness.

  5. أنا الجاني وذنبي شا

    هد عني ومشهود

    I am the offender, and my sin bears witness

    against me, and is itself witnessed.

  6. أنا المنحوس في سعي

    وفيك رجاي مسعود

    I am ill-fated in my striving,

    yet my hope in You is fortunate.

  7. فذنبي عنده خفت

    هضاب حرى وعمود

    Beside my sin, light are

    the hills of Hira and Amud.

  8. بعيشٍ منه تنغيصٌ

    بشربي منه تنكيد

    In my life it brings bitterness,

    in my drinking it brings distress.

  9. وأيامي وهن البي

    ض من مسوده سود

    And my days, though white,

    are blackened by its darkening.

  10. وليلي كله همٌّ

    لموقعه وتسهيد

    And all my night is worry

    at its impact, and sleeplessness.

  11. وقد ضاقت بي الدنيا

    وذو الآصار مردود

    The world has closed in upon me,

    and the bearer of burdens is rejected.

  12. أيا من هو شيء لي

    س كالأشياء وموجود

    O You who are a being,

    unlike other things, and existent,

  13. ولا ند ولا ضد

    ولا مثل وتحديد

    with neither equal nor opposite,

    nor likeness nor limitation.

  14. هو الصمد البديع الفر

    د في الحاجات مصمود

    He is the Eternal Refuge, the Originator, the Unique One,

    sought in times of need.

  15. سألتك أن تجود علي

    ي يا من جوده الجود

    I asked You to be generous to me,

    O You whose bounty is bounty itself,

  16. لغفران الذنوب فقد

    وهى من ثقلها الجيد

    for forgiveness of sins, for

    my neck has weakened beneath their weight.

  17. أنا العبد الذي بالذن

    ب مغلول ومصفود

    I am the servant who, through sin,

    is shackled and fettered.

  18. أسير ماله فاد

    وقلبي منه مفؤود

    A captive with none to ransom him,

    and my heart is stricken by it.

  19. أنا الملحود في الدنيا

    وذو الآثام ملحود

    I am entombed in this world,

    and the bearer of sins is entombed.

  20. لقد أفضحني ذنبي

    ي والمفضوح مزهود

    My sin has indeed disgraced me,

    and the disgraced are shunned.

  21. إذا ما زفن أعمالي

    فإن الزيف منقود

    If my deeds are weighed [reading uncertain],

    then the counterfeit is exposed.

  22. وما أنا من بني الدنيا

    ولا الأخرى فمعدود

    I belong neither to the children of this world,

    nor am I counted among those of the next.

  23. ومن فاتته أعمال الص

    صلاح فذاك مفرود

    And whoever has missed deeds of righteousness

    is left alone.

  24. أحب فعال أهل الفض

    ل لك الطبع محدود

    I love the deeds of the virtuous,

    for You, my nature is limited.

  25. فباعي دونهم قصر

    ورجاي ممدود

    So my reach falls short of theirs,

    but my hope stretches far.

  26. فلي بمناهج الآما

    ل إيغال وتوحيد

    Along the paths of hope, I have

    deep immersion and affirmation of oneness.

  27. ولي شغل بما لا في

    ه لي نفع وتلديد

    And I occupy myself with what offers no

    benefit to me, and with vacillation.

  28. كأني واثقٌ بالده

    ر ولي فيه تمهيد

    As though I could trust in time,

    and had a settled place within it.

  29. ولم أنظر لمن قد أه

    لكته البيض والسود

    Nor have I considered those destroyed

    by the white days and black nights.

  30. فما باقٍ عليها وا

    لدٌ أبداً ومولود

    For no parent remains upon it

    forever, nor any child.

  31. سواء في الثرى قد حل

    لو مبغوض ومودود

    Alike, in the dust have settled

    the hated and the beloved,

  32. ومن هو حاسد النعما

    ومن في الفضل محسود

    those who envy blessings,

    and those envied for excellence.

  33. فأين مخدد الأخدو

    د وأبلته الأخدود

    So where is the digger of the trench?

    And the trench has worn him away.

  34. وأين المجتبى يحيى

    وكنعان ونمرود

    And where is Yahya, the chosen one,

    and Canaan and Nimrod,

  35. وابن الباعث الغارا

    ت أسعد والفتى هود

    and the son of the launcher of raids,

    As'ad, and the young man Hud?

  36. هما ضدان في الفعل

    وما في الموت تبديد

    They are opposites in their deeds,

    yet death makes no distinction.

  37. ألا باء بها الساهي

    بنقص أنت مرصود

    Behold, the heedless one comes away from it

    with loss; you are watched.

  38. وإحدى المنزلتين فأن

    ت يا مغرور موعود

    And one of the two abodes is what you,

    O deluded one, are promised:

  39. فإما جنة المأوى

    وإما النار تخليد

    either the Garden of Refuge,

    or the Fire, an eternal stay.

  40. أيا رباه يا معبو

    د والمعبود مقصود

    O my Lord, O Worshipped One,

    and the One worshipped is the One sought.

  41. أنا لك تائبٌ فالتو

    ب للغفران إقليد

    I repent to You, for repentance

    is the key to forgiveness.

  42. وقفت ببابك اللهم

    م والوافد موفود

    I stood at Your door, O God,

    and the visitor is received.

  43. وراج منك أني لس

    ت دون الحوض مصدود

    And I hope from You that I shall not be

    barred from reaching the Pool.

  44. وردت حياض عفوك إن

    حياض نداك مورود

    I have come to the pools of Your pardon; surely

    the pools of Your bounty are sought.

  45. فأنت اللَه ليس علي

    ك فيما شئت تنفيد

    For You are God; no exhaustion befalls You

    in whatever You will.

  46. فإن عبتني فأنا ال

    حقيق وأنت محمود

    If You find fault with me, I am the one

    deserving it, and You are praiseworthy.

  47. وإن عني عفوت فإن

    ن عفوك واسعٌ زيد

    And if You pardon me, indeed

    Your pardon is vast and abundant.

  48. فمن سان القفار السج

    د والمحسن فالجود

    So whoever tended the prostrate deserts [wording unclear]—

    and the benefactor—then generosity [wording unclear].