إِلَيْكَ مَدَدْتُ الكَفَّ فِي كُلِّ لَأْوَاءِ

وَمِنْكَ عَرَفْتُ الدَّهْرَ تَرْدِيدَ نَعْمَاءِ

To You I stretched my palms in every tribulation,

And from You I learned of fate's oscillations.

وَيَسَّرْتَنِي قَبْلَ ابْتِدَائِي وَنَشْأَتِي

لِشِقْوَةِ بُعْدِي أَوْ سَعَادةِ إدنَائي

You made things easy for me before my beginning and upbringing

Whether for my misery in estrangement or my joy in nearness.

تَعَاليْتَ يَا مَوْلايَ عَنْ كُلِّ مُشْبِهٍ

فَيَا جُلَّ مَا طَوَّفْتَ مِنْ غُرِّ آلاَءِ

Rise above, my Master, every likeness,

O You of the greatest signs and blessings!

إِذَا اعْتَبَرَتْ نَفْسِي سِوَاكَ بِفِكْرَتِي

فَيَا خُسْرَ أَوْقَاتِي وَضيْعَةَ آنائي

When my soul reflects on other than You in my thoughts,

Oh, what a waste of my time and loss of my days!

وَإِنْ أَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَايَ غَيْرَكَ فَاعِلاً

فَقَدْ تِهْتُ لِلأَوْهَامِ فِي جُنْحِ ظَلْمَاءِ

And if my eyes see any maker but You,

Then I am deluded by fantasies in the gloom of darkness.

بِمَا لَكَ مِنْ سِرٍّ بَدَأْتَ بِهِ الوَرَى

وَعِلْمٍ مُحِيطٍ بِالوُجُودِ وَأَسْمَاءِ

With that secret of Yours with which You began creation

And knowledge encompassing existence and names,

وأَعِنِّي وَطَهِّرْنِي وَخَلِّصْ حَقِيقَتِي

إِلَيْكَ وَأَيِّدْ نُورَ سِرِّي وَمَعْنَائِي

Help me, purify me, deliver my essence to You,

Support the light of my innermost secret and meanings.