إِنّي دَعَوتُكَ يا إِلَهَ مُحَمَّدٍ

دَعوى فَأَوَّلُها لِيَ اِستِغفارُ

I called upon You, O God of Muhammad

My first call being to seek forgiveness

لِتُجيرَني مِن شَرِّ ما أَنا خائِفٌ

رَبَّ البَرِيَّةِ لَيسَ مِثلَكَ جارُ

To protect me from the evil I fear

Lord of mankind, none can match You as helper

تَقضي وَلا يُقضى عَلَيكَ وَإِنَّما

رَبّي بِعِلمِكَ تَنزِلُ الأَقدارُ

You decide without decision against You, rather

My Lord, by Your knowledge You decree fates

كانَت مَنازِلُها الَّتي كُنّا بِها

شَتّى وَأَلَّفَ بَينَنا دَوّارُ

Where we were, our stations were diverse

And the cycles united us

سجنٌ يُلاقي أَهلَهُ مِن خَوفِهِ

أَزلاً وَيُمنَعُ مِنهُمُ الزُوّارُ

A prison where its people meet their kin in fear

Eternally, while visitors are denied

يَغشَونَ مِقطَرَةً كَأَنَّ عَمودَها

عُنُقٌ يُعَرِّقُ لَحمَها الجَزّارُ

Crowding a water spout as if its pillar

Were a neck sweating under the butcher’s blade