قَدْ خِفْتُ أَنْ أَبْقَى وَلاَ يَبْقَى لِي

فَضْلُكَ يَا ذَا الْفَضْلِ وَالنَّوَالِ

I fear that I may remain while no merit of yours remains for me,

I have feared that I might live on, while there no longer remains for me

O You of bounty and fortune!

Your grace, O Possessor of bounty and bestowal;

فَأَجْتَنِي الإِذْلاَلَ مِنْ إِقْلاَلِي

وَأَمْتَرِي سَحَائِبَ الإِعْلاَلِ

So spare me from the disgrace of my shortcoming,

So I would reap humiliation from my utter destitution,

And send to me clouds of exaltation,

And I would draw forth the dark clouds of affliction,

مُلِثَّةً بِوَبْلِهَا الْهَطَّالِ

وَأَصْطَلِي بِجَُِذْوَةِ الْبَلْبَالِ

Saturated with pouring rain,

Pouring down unceasingly with their torrential rains,

And I seek warmth in blazing embers,

And I would burn in the embers of deep anxiety;

إِذَنْ يُضَاعَفُ اشْتِعَالُ الْبَالِ

فَأَسْتَفِيدُ خَيْبَةَ الآمَالِ

Then the burning anguish becomes more intense,

Then the burning of my mind would be redoubled,

So I gain the frustration of hopes.

And I would harvest the bitter disappointment of my hopes,

فَأَشْتَرِي الإِدْبَارَ بِالإِقْبَالِ

وَأَرْتَدِي مَلاَحِفَ الضَّلاَلِ

Thus I buy retreat for attack,

Trading my prosperity for wretched decline,

And I don the garments of error,

And draping myself in the cloaks of misguidance,

فَأَنْتَهِي لِطِينَةِ الْخَبَالِ

بِالْمُقْتَنَى مِنْ سَيِّءِ الأَعْمَالِ

So I end up with the clay of disgrace,

Until I end up in the mire of utter perdition,

With the purchased evil deeds.

Through the accumulation of my evil deeds.

سِتْرَكَ يَا ذَا الْحِلْمِ وَالإِجْمَالِ

Veil me, O You of forbearance and glory!

I beg Your protective veil, O Possessor of clemency and grace!