إلَهيَ كُنْ يا إلَهِي مُعِينِي

إلَهيَ كُنْ يا إلَهِي مُعِينِي

ومَنَّ عَليَّ بِحَقِّ الْيَقِينِ

ومَنَّ عَليَّ بِحَقِّ الْيَقِينِ

My God, be, O my God, my helper;

My God, be, O my God, my helper.

and bestow upon me the truth of certainty.

And grant me true certainty.

أَرُومُ الْوُصُولَ وتَرْكَ الْفُضُولِ

أَرُومُ الْوُصُولَ وتَرْكَ الْفُضُولِ

وَمِنْكَ الْقَبُولُ بإقْرارِ عَيْني

وَمِنْكَ الْقَبُولُ بإقْرارِ عَيْني

I seek spiritual arrival, and the forsaking of all excess;

I seek attainment and the abandonment of idle pursuits.

and make acceptance mine, bringing solace to my eye.

And from You comes acceptance to gladden my eyes.

فَمَا بَعْدَ خَمْسينَ عَاماً مَضَتْ

فَمَا بَعْدَ خَمْسينَ عَاماً مَضَتْ

مِنَ الْعُمْرِ إلا اشْتِغالٌ بِدِيني

مِنَ الْعُمْرِ إلا اشْتِغالٌ بِدِيني

For after fifty years have passed

For after fifty years have passed

from my life, nothing remains but to attend to my religion.

Of my life, only devotion to my faith remains.

ولَكِنْ عِنانُ رَشادي غَدَا

ولَكِنْ عِنانُ رَشادي غَدَا

مَنُوطاً بِكَفِّ الْقَضا في شُؤوني

مَنُوطاً بِكَفِّ الْقَضا في شُؤوني

Yet the rein of my right guidance has become

And yet the rein of my right guidance has become

held in the hand of divine decree in all my affairs.

Bound to the hand of divine decree in my affairs.

فَصَرِّفْهُ يا رَبِّ في كُلِّ ما

فَصَرِّفْهُ يا رَبِّ في كُلِّ ما

يُبَلِّغُني خَيْرَ دُنْيا وَدِينِ

يُبَلِّغُني خَيْرَ دُنْيا وَدِينِ

So direct it, O Lord, in every way that

So direct it, O my Lord, toward all that

will bring me to the good of this world and religion.

Brings me the good of worldly life and faith.

فَأنْتَ إذا شِئْتَ زَيْنَ امْرِيءٍ

فَأنْتَ إذا شِئْتَ زَيْنَ امْرِيءٍ

يُزانُ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُغْرىً بِشَيْنِ

يُزانُ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُغْرىً بِشَيْنِ

For if You will a man’s adornment,

For when You desire a man's adornment,

he is adorned, even though enamored of disgrace.

He is adorned, even if he is drawn to disgrace.