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My beautiful thoughts lead me to hope for your pardon,

جميل ظنوني نحو عفوك ساقني

1. My beautiful thoughts lead me to hope for your pardon,
Though my heart is filled with fear of you.

١. جميلُ ظنوني نَحْوَ عفوك ساقني
وإن كان لي قلبٌ بِخَوْفِكَ واجفُ

2. And though my sin deserves hellfire,
Your pardon is a shade for one hopeful and familiar.

٢. وذنبي وإن حقّت عليّ جحيمُه
فَعَفْوُكَ ظِلٌّ لِلْمُؤَمِّل وارفُ

3. In the Chosen One, the Guide, is a model for one like you,
And how many criminals has he covered with his compassion.

٣. وفي المصطفى الهادي لمثلك أُسْوَةٌ
وكم مُجْرِمٍ وَافَتْهُ منه عواطفُ

4. Is this not but that he prepares a store,
And a remembrance he has undertaken to spread for you, O knower.

٤. وهل ذاك إلاّ أنّ ذُخْراً تُعِدّه
وذكرا تولّى نَشْرَهُ لك عارفُ

5. And after spreading the remembrance there is no pride for man,
Nor with anything but praise does the fearful intercede.

٥. وما بعد نَشْرِ الذّكر للمرء مَفْخَرٌ
ولا بسوى مدحٍ تشفَّع خائفُ

6. It is inconceivable that your bounty asks the people,
When they know that I stand at your door.

٦. وحاشا لفضلٍ منْكَ أن يُنشِدَ الورى
وقد عَلِمُوا أنّي بِبَابِكَ واقفُ

7. Before this each friend called out kinship,
But you did not turn in compassion to him, O intimate.

٧. ومِنْ قَبْلُ نادى كلُّ مولى قرابةً
فما عطفت مولىً عليه العواطفُ