إن الإله الذي قد

علا وجلَّ سموّا

The God who is exalted

And transcendent in his loftiness

هو الذي قلت عنه

يريد مني دُنوّا

He whom I have spoken of

Wanting me to draw near

فلم يزل بي شفعا

ولم يزل فيّ توّا

Has never ceased interceding for me

And being intimate with me

لما نفى المثلَ عني

لذاك لم أك كُفوا

When He denied likeness to me

For that reason I was not a match

لم أتخذ قولَ ربي

عند التلاوة هُزوا

I did not take the word of my Lord

When reciting it as mockery

سبحانه وتعالى

عن الشبيه عُلوّا

Glory be to Him and exalted

Above any likeness is His sublimity

ومع هذا التعالي

قد قال يعمر حوّا

And with this transcendence

He has said "He loves intimacy"

قد حِرتُ فيَّ وفيه

فلو أراد البنوّا

I was perplexed about myself and about Him

If He had wanted creation

لم يستحل ذاك منه

يا ربِّ غّفراً وعفواً

He would not have permitted that from Himself

O Lord, forgiveness and pardon

أنت القدير عليه

فكن بعقدي عفوّا

You are Powerful over it

So be in my covenant forgiving