بمجدِكَ يا أعزَّ عليَّ منِّي

ومجدُك ما ذخرتُ سواهُ ثاني

With Your glory, O most precious to me

And Your glory is all I have hoarded besides

على جمرٍ من الضرَّاءِ ترضى

أُقلَّبُ هكذا بيدي زماني

On embers of adversity You are pleased

That I be tossed about thus by the hands of my fate

أيقصيني وأنتَ تَرى وتُغضي

كأَنَّك لا تراهُ ولا تَراني

You watch me being driven away, yet You turn a blind eye

As if You see it not, nor do You see me

خِلالٌ ما عهدتُك ترتضيها

وكنت إذ دعوتُك غير واني

Gaps never known have You sanctioned

Though I called You, never wavering

فخُذ إمَّا بما يُدني وإمَّا

بما يُقصي عياني عن مكاني

Take me either closer or

Farther away from my place in Your sight

فإنِّي قد مَلكتُ المكث فيه

وما لي عنهُ بالمسرى يَدانِ

For I have endured staying here

And desire no joyful escape