أَغيب وَذو اللطائف لا يَغيب

وَأَرجوه رجاء لا يخيب

I disappear, yet the Kind One never disappears

And I hope in Him with hope that will not fail

واسأله السَلامة من زَمان

بليت به نوائبه تشيب

I ask Him for safety from a time

Whose afflictions made me turn grey

وأنزل حاجَتي في كل حال

الى من تطمئن به القلوب

And fulfill my needs in every state

To the One in whom hearts find tranquility

وَلا أَرجو سواه اذا دهاني

زَمان الجور وَالجار المريب

And I hope for none but Him when

The time of tyranny and the treacherous neighbor oppress me

فَكَم لِلَّه من تَدبير أَمر

طوته عَن المشاهدة الغيوب

For God has much arrangement of affairs

Concealed from sights by the unseen

وَكَم في الغَيب مِن تَيسير عسر

وَمن تفريج نائبة تنوب

And much in the unseen is facilitation of hardship

And relief from afflictions that recur

وَمن كرم ومن لطف خفي

وَمن فرج تزول به الكروب

And of generosity and subtle kindness

And relief by which sorrows disappear

وَمالي غير باب اللَه باب

وَلا مولى سواه وَلا حَبيب

And I have no door but God's door

No master but Him and no beloved

كَريم منعم برّ لَطيف

جَميل الستر للداعي مجيب

Generous, blessing, righteous, kind

Beautiful in concealment, answering the supplicant

حَليم لا يعاجل بالخَطايا

رَحيم غيم رحمته يصوب

Clement, not hastening with sins

Merciful, the cloud of His mercy pours

فَيا مَلِك المُلوك أَقل عثاري

فانى عنك أنأتني الذنوب

So O King of kings, lighten my burden

For sins have distanced me from You

وأمرضني الهوى لهوان حظي

وَلكن لَيسَ غيرك لي طَبيب

And desire has sickened me with its frivolity

Yet none but You can be my Healer

وَعاندني الزَمان وقل صبري

وَضاق بعبدك البلد الرَحيب

And time has opposed me and my patience is little

And the spacious land has narrowed around Your servant

فآمن روعَتي واكبت حسودي

يعاملني الصَداقة وَهوَ ذيب

So give me safety and restrain my enviers

Who show me friendship yet are wolves

وَعد النائبات الى عدوي

فان النائبات لها نيوب

And return afflictions to my enemy

For afflictions have fangs

وآنسني باولادي وَأَهلي

فَقَد يَستَوحش الرجل الغَريب

And give me company of my children and family

For a man can become lonesome when far from home

وَلي شجن باطفال صغار

أَكادَ اذا ذكرتهم أذوب

And I have a yearning for little children

I almost melt when I remember them

وَلكني نبذت زمام أَمري

لمن تدبيره فيه عَجيب

But I released the reins of my affairs

To the One whose arrangement is wondrous

هُوَ الرَحمن حولى واِعتصامي

به واليه مبتهلا أَنيب

He is the Merciful, my protection and refuge

To Him I plead and turn in repentance

الهي أَنتَ تَعلَم كَيفَ حالي

فَهَل يا سَيدي فرج قَريب

My God, You know my state

So is relief near, my Master?

وَكَم متملق يَخفي عنادا

وَأَنتَ عَلى سريرته رَقيب

And how many flatterers hide enmity

Yet You watch their inner secrets

وَحافر حفرة لي هار فيها

وَسهم البغي يدرك من يصيب

One has dug a pit to ruin me

And the arrow of hatred finds its target

وَممتنع القوى مستضعف بي

قصمت قواه عني يا حسيب

And the powerful made weak by me

You have broken his strength from me, O my Reckoner

وَذي عصبية بالمكر يَسعى

الى سعي به يوم عصيب

And one with arrogance plots by deceit

Seeking on a fateful day what will cause him ruin

فَيا ديات يوم الدين فرج

هموما في الفؤاد لها دَبيب

So O Requiter on Judgment Day, relieve

Sorrows that pierce the heart with their sting

وَصل حبلي بحبل رضاك وانظر

إِلى وتب عَلي عسى أَتوب

And join my rope to the rope of Your approval and look

Upon my repentance, hopefully I will repent

وَراع حمايتي وَتول نصري

وَشد عراي ان عرت الخطوب

And watch over my protection and undertake my victory

And steady my feet if calamities shake me

وافن عداي واقرن نجم حظي

بسعد ما لطالعه غروب

And defeat my enemies and pair the star of my fortune

To a happiness whose rising has no setting

والهمني لذكرك طول عمري

فان بذكرك الدنيا تطيب

And make me remember You all my life

For with Your remembrance the world is delightful

وَقل عبد الرَحيم ومن يَليه

لهم في ريف رأفتنا نصيب

And say Your servants and those after him

Have a share in the meadow of Your kindness

فَظَني فيك يا سندي جَميل

وَمَرعى ذود آمالي خصيب

For my assumption of You, my pillar, is beautiful

And the pasture of my hopes is fertile

وَصل عَلى النَبي وآله ما

ترنم في الاراك العَندَليب

And send blessings on the Prophet and his family as long

As the nightingale trills in the leafy branches