ما خاب من في الله كان رجاه

فافزع إليه وخل ذكر سواه

None whose hope is in God has been disappointed.

So seek refuge in Him and leave off mentioning any other.

لا ترج الا الله واعلم أنه

ما ثم من ترجوه الا الله

Hope in none but God, and know that

there is no one to hope in but God.

اشدد يد الرجوى إليه وناده

ان الكريم يجيب من ناداه

Hold fast to Him with hope's hand, and call upon Him.

Indeed, the Generous One answers whoever calls upon Him.

يارب عفوك واسع شمل الورى

ما ضاق فضلك عن فتى حاشاه

O Lord, Your pardon is vast and embraces all creation.

Your bounty has never been too narrow for a youth—far be it!

كم تظهر الفعل الجميل وتستر

الفعل القبيح على امرئ يغشاه

How often You reveal a beautiful deed and conceal

the ugly deed of a man who commits it.

وترى نعيمك يستعين به على

عصيانك العاصي فلم تفجاه

And You see Your blessings being used to help

the sinner disobey You, yet You do not take him unawares.

حلم وفضل واسعان ورحمة

لم يتحفا ابناً بها ابواه

Boundless forbearance and bounty, and a mercy

that a son's own parents have never bestowed upon him.

تعفو عن الذنب العظيم وتكشف

الخطب الجسيم وقد دجت ظلماه

You pardon the grievous sin and dispel

the immense calamity when its darkness has deepened.

يا رب جودك قد دعا لمطامعي

الثقل منك وقد اجيز دعاه

O Lord, Your bounty has summoned, for my hopes,

the weight from You [wording unclear], and its call has been granted.

واخاف ذنبي ثم أذكر فضلكم

ويقول حسن الظن لا تخشاه

And I fear my sin, then remember Your bounty,

and good hope says, 'Do not fear it.'

ذنبي وإن كان العظيم فإنه

في جنب عفوك هين معزاه

My sin, however great it may be, is

of little account beside Your pardon.

يا من ترى أبوابه مفتوحة

للسائلين فمن دعا لباه

O You whose doors are seen standing open

to those who ask—whoever calls, He answers.

يا واسع المعروف بل يا عص

مة الملهوف يا ملجاه يا منجاه

O boundless in kindness—indeed, O protection

of the distressed, O his refuge, O his deliverance!

يا رب يا ديان يارحمن يا

حنان يا منان يا الله

O Lord, O Judge, O All-Merciful, O

Compassionate One, O Bestower, O God!

إني رفعت إلى عطائك حاجتي

ووثقت منك بنيل ما أهواه

I have raised my need to Your bounty,

and trusted that I would receive from You what I desire.

يا رب أنت على رجالك دللتنا

ودعوتنا فعطاك ما أهناه

O Lord, You have directed us to Your men,

and invited us—how sweet Your gift is!

وأمرتنا لك بالدعا ووعدتنا

أن تستجيب لمن دعاك دعاه

You commanded us to pray to You, and promised us

to answer the prayer of whoever calls upon You.

وتحب من يدعو ويسأل دائما

وسواك يبغض سائلا ناداه

You love whoever prays and asks continually,

while others hate the petitioner who calls upon them.

يا رب عبدك هارب من ذنبه

داع وقد مدت إليك يداه

O Lord, Your servant flees from his sin,

praying, his hands outstretched toward You.

وافاك والعلم القبيح امامه

لكن حسن الظن قد جاداه

He has come to You, with ugly knowledge before him [as written],

yet good hope has bestowed its bounty on him.

أنا تائب يارب فاقبل توبتي

فضلا ووفقني لما ترضاه

I repent, O Lord, so accept my repentance

by Your grace, and enable me to do what pleases You.

واغفر لعبدك ما مضى وتوله

فيما بقى واحفظه من أعداه

Forgive Your servant what has passed, and care for him

in what remains, and protect him from his enemies.

يا غارة الله ادركي وتداركي

مترقبا لك صبحه ومساه

O God's swift aid, come and rescue

one awaiting you, morning and evening.

عجل بها عجل فقد طال المدى

يارب عونك لا يطول مداه

Hasten it, hasten, for the wait has grown long.

O Lord, let the wait for Your help not be long.

يا رب خذ لي في العدو إدالة

يشفي الصديد بها بيوم بلاه

O Lord, grant me a turn of fortune against the enemy,

to heal the festering wound through it on the day of his ordeal.

يا رب أنت وسيلتي العظمى وما

خاب امرؤ متوسلا مولاه

O Lord, You are my greatest recourse, and never

has anyone appealing to his Lord been disappointed.

والصحف والكتب التي انزلتها

فيهن نور يهتدى بضياه

And the scrolls and books that You sent down—

within them is a light by whose radiance one is guided.