واللهُ يعلمُ ما أقولُ فإنهُ

جَهدُ الأليَّةِ من حنيفٍ راكعِ

And Allah knows what I say, for it is

The effort of the submissive from a kneeling Hanif.

ما إن عصيتُكَ والغُواةُ تُمِدُّني

أسبابها إلا بنيَّةِ طائعِ

I did not disobey You, though the transgressors supply me,

Except with the intention of the obedient.

فعَلوتُ حتى لم يكن عن مثلِهِ

عفوٌ ولم يشفَع لَديكَ بشافعِ

So I persisted until there was neither

Pardon for the like of it, nor did an intercessor intercede for me before You,

إلا العلوَّ عن العقوبةِ بعدما

ظفِرَت يداكَ بمُستَكينٍ خاضعِ

Except the self-restraint from punishment after

Your hands had seized a lowly, submitting man.

ورحَمتَ أطفالاً كأفراخِ القطا

وحنينَ والهةٍ كقوسِ النازعِ

And You had mercy on children like chicks of pigeons

And the tenderness of a mother whose bowstring is removed.

نفسي فداؤكَ إن تَضِلَّ معاذري

وألوذُ منكَ بفضلِ حلمٍ واسعِ

I ransom my soul to You, if my excuses go astray,

And I seek refuge in You through abundant patience and clemency.