1. القلبُ يَفزَعُ في المُهِمَّةِ ضارِعاً

    لَكَ يا عَظيمَ اللُّطفِ يا اللهُ

    The heart seeks refuge in hardship, humbly pleading,

    To You, O You of great kindness, O God.

  2. فَتَرُدُّ لهفته وتجبر كسره

    وتغيثه كرماً بنيل مناه

    So You dispel its anguish and mend its brokenness,

    And graciously rescue it through the attainment of its wishes.

  3. أبداً غليك خلقك كلهم

    والعبد غاية قصده مولاه

    Always toward You turn all Your creatures,

    And the servant's ultimate goal is his Lord.

  4. أدعوك بالسر القديم وما انطوى

    في مضمر الفرقان من معناه

    I invoke You by the ancient mystery and what lies enfolded

    In the Criterion's hidden depths of meaning;

  5. بكلامك العالي القديم جميعه

    والعارفين بما حوى فحواه

    By all Your lofty, eternal Word,

    And by those who know what its import contains;

  6. بالأنبياء أيمة البشر الذي

    ن لهم لدى سلطان قدسك جاه

    By the prophets, the leaders of humankind, who

    Have standing before Your holy sovereignty;

  7. بعبيدك الأملاك املاك السما

    ء وكل سر شاهدوه وتاهوا

    By Your angelic servants, the angels of heaven,

    And every mystery they beheld, lost in wonder;

  8. بجميع من أحببتهم فعيونهم

    وَلَهاً عَلَيكَ جَرَت لها أَمواهُ

    By all those You have loved, whose eyes

    Overflowed with waters in longing for You;

  9. وَبِمَن إِلَيكَ سَرَت جِيادُ قُلوبِهِم

    فالكل منهم هائم أوَّهُ

    And by those whose hearts' steeds journeyed by night toward You—

    For every one of them is love-stricken, ever sighing;

  10. بأعزِّ خلقك نور ملكك عبدك ال

    هادي الذي يرضيك ما يرضاه

    By the dearest of Your creatures, the light of Your dominion, Your servant, the

    Guide—what he approves is pleasing to You;

  11. روح البرية علةِ الإيجاد من

    لم تبج مطموس الورى لولاه

    The soul of creation, the cause of its being, the one

    Without whom You would not have cleft creation's obscurity;

  12. مولاي صدر المرسلين محمد

    من شق غلغلة الغموض سناه

    My master, foremost of the messengers, Muhammad,

    Whose radiance cleft the depths of obscurity;

  13. سلطان كل حظيرة صمدية

    وإمام كل مؤيد وهداه

    Sovereign of every sanctuary of divine self-sufficiency,

    And the leader and guide of everyone granted aid;

  14. والسيد السند الذي ضمن العمى

    شيدت بالشرف المنيع حماه

    And the lord, the mainstay, whose sanctuary amid obscurity

    You raised with impregnable honor.

  15. فلكم قلوب ضاء فيه ظلامها

    فأتم رونق ضوؤها مجلاه

    For how many hearts had their darkness illumined in him,

    And his manifestation perfected the splendor of their light!

  16. ولكم بذكرك بين اطباق الدُّجا

    نطقت بهزة حاله أفواه

    And how often, in remembrance of You amid layers of darkness,

    Mouths spoke, stirred by his spiritual state!

  17. وبآله الغر الميلين الذي

    ي علت لهم فوق البدور جباهُ

    And by his radiant, blessed family, whose

    Foreheads rose above the full moons;

  18. نِعمَ العيالُ الطاهِرون فَمالهم

    فوق البسيطةِ كلها أشباهُ

    What an excellent, pure household! They have no

    Equals upon the whole face of the earth.

  19. و بصحبه الزهر الجحاجحة الأسو

    دِ القائمين بنصر ما أبداه

    And by his radiant companions, the mighty chieftains, the lions,

    Who stand in support of what he revealed;

  20. من كل ليثٍ يرعدُ الموتُ الخطي

    رُ بحومَةِ الميدان إِن لاقاهُ

    Each one a lion before whom perilous Death trembles

    In the thick of the battlefield, if it encounters him;

  21. بالآخِذينَ على شريقِ سلوكهم

    نَهجاً لَهُم نورُ الوجودِ جلاهُ

    By those who have adopted, along their path of wayfaring,

    A course made clear to them by the Light of Existence;

  22. و بِكُلِّ فَردٍ خاشِعٍ مُتواضِعٍ

    لَكَ في فجاج الكون يا رَباه

    And by every individual, reverent and humble

    Before You in the wide paths of the cosmos, O my Lord:

  23. أُصبب على الَعبدِ الشفاءَ وداوه

    من دائه وأغثه في بلواه

    Pour healing upon the servant, and cure him

    Of his illness, and succor him in his affliction.

  24. وافهر ببطشك حاسديه وكن له

    عوناً على الأيام يا غوثاه

    And subdue his enviers with Your might, and be for him

    A help against the days, O my Succor!

  25. وانشر عليه رداء رحمتك التي

    تحيي المحب فلن يحظَّ عُلاه

    And spread over him the robe of Your mercy, which

    Revives the lover, so his high rank will not be lowered.

  26. وامنن لمن تحويه شفقةُ قلبه

    بعنايةٍ وارغم لمن عاداه

    And grant favor to those whom his heart's compassion embraces,

    With care, and abase whoever has opposed him.

  27. وارحمهُ في الدارين واستر عيبه

    يا مُحسناً لا يرتجى إِلا هو

    And have mercy on him in both abodes, and conceal his fault,

    O Benefactor, in whom alone hope is placed.