1. وعَدْتَ الذي يدعو وها أنا سيّدي

    دعوتُك مضطرّاً وأنتَ سميعُ

    You promised the one who calls, and here I am, my Lord.

    I have called upon You in desperate need, and You are all-hearing.

  2. وحقّقتُ يأسي مِنْ سواك لفقره

    وجئتُك محتاجاً فكيف أضيعُ

    I have utterly despaired of all but You, for all else is needy;

    and I have come to You in need—how could I be lost?

  3. وناديتُ والآمال فيكَ قويّةٌ

    وقَلْبِيَ من ضرب الذّنوب وجيعُ

    I have called out, with strong hopes in You,

    while my heart aches from the blows of sins.

  4. وفي عَمَلِي سُقْمٌ وعِلْميَ شهوةٌ

    وفي الصّدر رَوْعٌ للحساب مَرُوعُ

    There is sickness in my deeds, and my knowledge is desire;

    and in my breast is anguished dread of the reckoning.

  5. أَتُطْرِدُنِي عن باب فضلك سيّدي

    وروضك للعافي الفقيرِ مَريعُ

    Would You drive me from the gate of Your grace, my Lord,

    when Your garden is lush for the poor supplicant?

  6. وكيف يُرى ظنّي لديك مخيّبا

    وعندي على طردي إليك رجوعُ

    And how could my hope in You prove disappointed,

    when, even if driven away, I would still return to You?

  7. وهل لِيَ من مولى سواك أرومُه

    تَعَالَيْتَ وَصْلِي من سواك قطيع

    Have I any master but You whom I might seek?

    Exalted are You! My bond with all but You is severed.

  8. وأيُّ نَوالٍ غَيْرَ فَضْلِكَ يُرْتَجَى

    وأيّ حِمىً إلاّ حِمَاكَ منيع

    And what gift but Your grace can be hoped for,

    and what sanctuary but Yours is impregnable?

  9. لئن حَجَبَتْنِي عن نَوَالِكَ زَلَّةٌ

    تَلَظَّتْ لها منّي حشىً وضلوعُ

    If indeed I have been barred from Your bounty by a lapse,

    for which my innards and ribs have blazed,

  10. وأَخْلَدَني منها إلى الأرض شهوةٌ

    وَقَهْقَرَني وَجْدٌ بها ووُلوعُ

    and a craving born of it has made me cling to the earth,

    and passion for it and obsession have driven me backward,

  11. فما بِيَدي حَوْلٌ ولا لِيَ حيلةٌ

    سوى أنّني نحو الدّعاء سريع

    then I have no power at hand, nor any means,

    save that I hasten toward supplication.

  12. بإذنِكَ توفيقي وفضلُك واسعٌ

    إذا لم تُوَفِّقْنِي فكيف أطيع

    My success comes by Your leave, and Your grace is vast;

    if You do not enable me, how can I obey?

  13. أُسَوِّفُ بالإقلاع قلباً مقلّباً

    وعَالَمُ حِلْمٍ منك فيك طموعُ

    I put off my wavering heart with promises to desist,

    and one who knows Your forbearance is full of hope in You.

  14. وقد صَدَّنِي عن ذاك قلبٌ مُغَفَّلٌ

    له كُلَّ يوم في هواه وُقوعُ

    Yet a heedless heart has kept me from that,

    falling into its own desire each day.

  15. عَسَى أَثَرُ العِصْيَان بالذّنب يمتحي

    وللّه في أهل الرّجاء صنيعُ

    May the mark of disobedience left by sin be erased,

    and God shows kindness to those who hope.

  16. فكم سَعَةٍ وافت على حين شدّةٍ

    وقد يُرْتَجَى بعد الغروب طُلُوعُ

    For how often has ease come at a time of hardship,

    and after sunset, sunrise may yet be hoped for.