تعلقت بالاسباب دون مدبري
فَقطعها بي فاِنقلبتُ الى حسري
I clung to worldly means, forsaking Him who governs my affairs;
so He severed them from me, and they became my regrets.
وَلَو أَنَّني اِستَغنيت باللَه وحده
عَن الخلق لَم أَحتج لزيد وَلا عمرو
Had I sought sufficiency in God alone,
free of all creatures, I would have needed neither Zayd nor ʿAmr.
فَيا واسع اللطف الخَفي تولني
بلطفك واشرح سيدي بالرضا صَدري
O You, boundless in hidden grace, take me into Your care;
through Your kindness, my Master, open my breast to contentment.
وألبس حمى ذلي بعزك عزة
وأسبل عَلى الستر يا مسبل الستر
Clothe the sanctuary of my lowliness, through Your might, in honor,
and let a veil fall over concealment, O You who draws down the veil.
وَلا تَمتَحني في الورى بعَظيمة
يَضيق بها ذرعي وَيفنى لَها صَبري
Do not try me before humankind with some grave ordeal
that exceeds my strength and exhausts my patience.
وان رأت الاعداء كيف تكيدني
فخذها بكف الكف من حيث لا أَدري
And if the enemies see how they might scheme against me,
then seize them with the hand of restraint, from a direction I cannot discern.
وَصن ماءَ وَجهي عَنسؤال مذلة
بفضلك واشملني لدى العسر باليسر
Preserve the dignity of my face from the humiliation of begging;
through Your bounty, enfold me in ease amid hardship.
وَجوهر بنور العلم قَلبي وَقالبي
وَضَع أَصر أَوزاري الَّتي أَنقضت ظَهري
By the light of knowledge, make my heart and outward form jewel-like,
and remove the crushing burden of my sins, which has made my back groan.
وأكرم لاجلي من يَليني رحامة
وَحط أَنسهم بالخبر من شرر الشر
For my sake, mercifully honor those close to me,
and hedge their fellowship with discernment against the evil of evil.
وَكن سَيدي عوني وَغوثي دائِما
وَعزى وَحرزى دائما وَغنى فقري
And be, my Master, my aid and my succor always—
my strength and my refuge always, and the wealth within my poverty.
Sol 5.6