بِذِكري لَكَ اللَهُمَّ أَرجو تَفَضُّلا

بِذِكري لَكَ اللَهُمَّ أَرجو تَفَضُّلا

لِعَبدِكَ منك الذِكرُ في حَضرَةِ العُلا

لِعَبدِكَ منك الذِكرُ في حَضرَةِ العُلا

Through my remembrance of You, O God, I hope for gracious favor:

With my remembrance of You, O Allah, I hope for grace

For Your servant, remembrance from You in the Presence on high.

For Your servant, remembrance from You in the abode of sublimity

وَوَعدُكَ رَبّي في اِذكُروني مُحَقَّقٌ

وَوَعدُكَ رَبّي في اِذكُروني مُحَقَّقٌ

بِقَولِكَ أَذكُركُم كِتاباً مُنَزَّلا

بِقَولِكَ أَذكُركُم كِتاباً مُنَزَّلا

And Your promise, my Lord, in “Remember Me” is assured,

And Your promise, my Lord, in "Remember Me and I will remember you" is fulfilled

By Your saying, “I will remember you,” in a Book sent down.

With Your word "Remember Me and I will remember you," a revealed scripture

وَوَعدُكَ صِدقٌ مُنجَزٌ غَيرَ مُخلَفٍ

وَوَعدُكَ صِدقٌ مُنجَزٌ غَيرَ مُخلَفٍ

لِذاكِرِكَ المَذكورِ عِندَكَ في المَلا

لِذاكِرِكَ المَذكورِ عِندَكَ في المَلا

And Your promise is true, fulfilled, never broken,

And Your promise is true, carried out, not unfulfilled

To the one who remembers You, remembered before You in the assembly.

For the one remembering You, the Remembered, in Your presence on high

إِلَهي لِنورِ الحَقِّ نَوِّر بَصيرَتي

إِلَهي لِنورِ الحَقِّ نَوِّر بَصيرَتي

بِمِروَدِ كحلِ الذِكرِ مِن إِثمدِ الجَلا

بِمِروَدِ كحلِ الذِكرِ مِن إِثمدِ الجَلا

My God, illumine my inner sight to behold the light of the Real,

My God, for the light of Truth, illuminate my inner sight

With the wand of remembrance's kohl, drawn from the antimony of clarity.

With kohl of remembrance from the darkness of heedlessness

إِلَهِيَ فَاِجعَلهُ لِقَلبي وِقايَةً

إِلَهِيَ فَاِجعَلهُ لِقَلبي وِقايَةً

لآمَنَ مِن مَرأى السوى إِذ هُوَ البَلا

لآمَنَ مِن مَرأى السوى إِذ هُوَ البَلا

My God, then make it a protection for my heart,

My God, make it for my heart a protection

That I may be safe from the sight of all besides You, for that is affliction.

That I may be safe from seeing evil, for it is ruin

إِلَهي بِهِ فَاِجلُ صَدا القَلبِ كَي يَرى

إِلَهي بِهِ فَاِجلُ صَدا القَلبِ كَي يَرى

تَجلي جَمالِ الوَجهِ في القَلبِ يُجتَلى

تَجلي جَمالِ الوَجهِ في القَلبِ يُجتَلى

My God, with it polish away the heart's rust, so it may see

My God, through it remove the echo of caprice so my heart can see

The manifestation of Your Face's beauty, beheld within the heart,

The epiphany of the beauty of the Face reflected within

وَيَشهَدُ مِنّي سِرَّ كَونِكَ سَيِّدي

وَيَشهَدُ مِنّي سِرَّ كَونِكَ سَيِّدي

جَلِيّاً مَعَ التَنزيهِ بَل عَنهُ قَد عَلا

جَلِيّاً مَعَ التَنزيهِ بَل عَنهُ قَد عَلا

And witness from within me the mystery of Your being, my Master,

And it may witness the secret of Your being, my Master

Clearly, with transcendence affirmed—nay, exalted even beyond it.

Manifest, though transcendent - indeed, exalted above that

إِلَهي بِأَهلِ الذِكرِ في المَشهَدِ الَّذي

إِلَهي بِأَهلِ الذِكرِ في المَشهَدِ الَّذي

بِحَضرَتِكَ الزُلفى حِجابُ السوى جَلا

بِحَضرَتِكَ الزُلفى حِجابُ السوى جَلا

My God, by the people of remembrance in the vision where

My God, by the people of remembrance in the assemblage wherein

In Your Presence of nearness, the veil of all else has vanished,

In Your proximate presence the veil of caprice is lifted

إِلَهي بِما ذاقوا مِنَ المَشرَبِ الَّذي

إِلَهي بِما ذاقوا مِنَ المَشرَبِ الَّذي

هُوَ المَنهَلُ الأَصفى وَمَورِدُهُ حَلا

هُوَ المَنهَلُ الأَصفى وَمَورِدُهُ حَلا

My God, by what they have tasted from the fount that

My God, by what they tasted of the drink which

Is the purest spring, and sweet is its watering-place,

Is the purest spring, its source but grace

أَذِقني شَرابَ الذِكرِ في حَضرَةِ الصَفا

أَذِقني شَرابَ الذِكرِ في حَضرَةِ الصَفا

بِمَختومِ كَأسٍ بِالسَعادَةِ أَوّلا

بِمَختومِ كَأسٍ بِالسَعادَةِ أَوّلا

Let me taste the drink of remembrance in the presence of purity,

Give me to drink the draught of remembrance in the presence of purity

From a cup sealed with bliss from the outset.

In a cup sealed first with felicity