قَرَعْتُ بِذُلِّي بَابَ الْعَزِيزْ

وَلِلنَّفْسِ مِمَّا تَلَظَّتْ أَزِيزْ

I knocked with my humility at the door of the mighty one,

I knocked with my humility at the door of the Almighty,

While my soul roared from the bitterness it had endured,

And my soul, from its fierce blazing, let out a seething groan,

وَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنِّيَ إِذْ جِئْتُهُ

ذَلِيلاً لَجَأْتُ لِحِرْزٍ حَرِيزْ

And I knew when I came to him,

And I was certain that when I came to Him,

Humbled, I had resorted to an inviolable refuge.

Humbled, I sought refuge in an impregnable sanctuary.