1. Your eyes refused but to aim
And this heart refused but to melt

2. So why do you fear spies until
You shunned sleep thinking it a watcher

3. And your night stood over you, dressed in mourning
Ripping open its robes over your misfortunes

4. Many a dove alighted and cooed
Contesting me in youth and lament

5. I empathize and she brings me joy in sorrow
Both of us, oh dove, have been stricken

6. Leave the concerns of life to one with a heart
For love has left our hearts not a bit

7. And forget not your brother and his suffering
If he becomes a stranger in the world

8. For man forgets when far removed
And remembers him his bosom friends

9. May God watch over you, is there one who loves like me
And Muhammad in the eve has become my beloved

10. My intercessor on a day when no intercessor avails
And my healer on a day when I find no doctor

11. And my savior when my supporter deserts me
And my rain if my plains turn arid

12. And I feel safe in His sanctuary from the misfortunes of fate
And its tribulations though they rage furious

13. And I remember him and all distress is relieved
However formidable the obstacles

14. Messenger of God, I come to you seeking refuge
Your benevolence guarantees I will not be disappointed

15. When will my days become verdant and splendid
And the rod of my hopes become moist

16. For the world has narrowed around me and
Hurled its calamities at my heart in gusts

17. And I have none but your love to support me
So destine for me from your blessing a share