الناس في ضيق وفي حرج

يشكون من كسر ومن عرج

People are in hardship and distress.

They complain of brokenness and lameness.

يا رب يا رحمن يا ذا العلا

الغوث بالفتح وبالفرج

O Lord, O All-Merciful, O Possessor of the heights,

Succor us with an opening and relief!

يا رب يا منان يا ربنا

الطف بنا واهد إلى النهج

O Lord, O Bountiful Giver, O our Lord,

Be gentle with us and guide us to the path.

يا رب يا حنان يا ذخرنا

عاف من الإخلال والعوج

O Lord, O Compassionate One, O our treasure,

Preserve us from failings and crookedness.

يا رب يا ديان يا كهفنا

في ساعة الأرجاف والرهج

O Lord, O Judge, O our cave of refuge,

in the hour of alarms and swirling dust.

يا رب يا ذا العرش والكبريا

والمجد احفظنا من الهرج

O Lord, O Possessor of the Throne and majesty

and glory, protect us from tumult,

ومن فريق لا خلاق لهم

قد أمعنوا في الخلف والمرج

and from a faction with no share of good,

who have plunged deep into discord and disorder.

وربما راموا بأفواههم

ان يلبسوا الإصباح بالدلج

And perhaps they have sought, with their mouths,

to clothe daybreak in the darkness of night,

ويتركونا كالبهائم والأ

نعام لا تصغي إلى الحجج

and leave us like beasts and

livestock that pay no heed to proofs.

كلا لعمر اللَه لن يقدروا

ولن يطيقوا ذاك أو نعج

No! By God's life, they will not be able,

nor will they manage that, unless we turn aside [uncertain].

إنا بحبل اللَه معتصمون

وسنة المستخلص البهج

Indeed, we hold fast to God's rope,

and to the radiant Chosen One's way.

نسألك اللهم بالمصطفى

وبالخليل الطيب الأرج

We beseech You, O God, by the Chosen One,

and by the Friend, pure and fragrant,

وصاحب الطور المناجي به

والروح على اللجج

and the companion of the Mount, who communed there,

and the Spirit upon the deep waters,

وبالأرب الأول آدمها

وشيث والمرفوع في الدرج

and by its first wise one [uncertain], Adam,

and Seth, and the one raised in rank,

وجملة الأملاك والكتب

والرسل الكرام وسائر السرج

and all the angels and scriptures,

and the noble messengers and all the lamps:

جبريل ميكائيل واو ورا

وصاحب الروح وإذ يهج

Gabriel, Michael, waw and ra [unclear here],

and the keeper of the spirit, when he stirs [uncertain],

بالنفخ والقبض ارواحنا

من ساكن منها ومنزعج

through blowing and taking our souls,

some of them at rest, others distraught.

يا رب تلك مسائل نظمت

لعبد سوء بمنطق لهج

O Lord, these are petitions put into verse

for a sinful servant, in insistent speech,

جم الذنوب كثيرها فغدت

به الأماني عن العلا القرج

laden with sins, so many that

because of him, hopes have become [unclear], far from the heights.

والقوم قد تعبوا وقد كربوا

وقيل عنهم يا أزمة انفرنجي

And the people have grown weary and distressed,

and on their behalf it was said: 'O crisis, abate!'

وقد أقر الجميع واعترفوا

بأنهم مخطئون كالهمج

And all have admitted and confessed

that they are in error, like the rabble.

واغفر وسامح واعف عنا فقد

تبنا من المذموم والسمج

Forgive, be forbearing, and pardon us, for

we have repented of what is blameworthy and vile.

وأنزل لنا غيثاً وأنبت لنا

وانج من حرها ومن وهج

And send us rain, and make things grow for us,

and save us from its heat and scorching blaze,

بسر يسن شفيع الورى

وأحمد الحامدين إذ بلج

by the mystery of Ya-Sin, intercessor for creation,

and Ahmad, foremost of those who praise, as he shone forth—

نبيك الهادي الرسول إلى ال

خلق جميعاً بأوضح الحجيج

Your guiding Prophet, the messenger to the

whole of creation, with the clearest proofs.

عليه أزكى الصلاة دائمةً

تكركر الشهور والحجج

Upon him be the purest blessings, unceasing,

as months and years roll on,

والآل والصحب ما همت مزن

وسارت الجاريات في الثبج

and upon his family and companions, as long as clouds pour forth

and sailing ships travel upon the open sea.