1. أقام رجالاً في معارجه ملكاً

    وأقعد قوماً في غوايتهم هلكا

    As sovereign, He raised men upon His paths of ascent,

    and left others seated in their delusion, doomed.

  2. نعوذ بك اللهم من شر فتنة

    تطوق من حلت به عيشة ضنكا

    We seek refuge in You, O God, from the evil of a trial

    that wraps whoever it befalls in a life of hardship.

  3. رجعنا إليك الآن فاقبل رجوعنا

    وقلب قلوباً طال إعراضها عنكا

    We have returned to You now, so accept our return,

    and turn hearts that have long turned away from You.

  4. فإن أنت لم تبد سقام نفوسنا

    وتشفي عماياها إذاً فلمن يشكا

    For if You do not dispel the sickness of our souls

    and heal their blindness, to whom, then, can complaint be made?

  5. فقد آثرت نفسي لقاك وقطعت

    عليك جفوني من مدامعها سلكا

    For my soul has preferred meeting You, and there has been cut

    for You, by my eyelids, a thread from their tears.