دَعَوتَ وُجودي حَيثُ ما ثَمَّ داعِيا

سِواكَ وَقَد وَفَّرتَ فِيَّ الدَواعِيا

I called upon your existence wherever there was a caller

Other than You, and You had instilled many incentives in me

وَقُلتَ لِيَ اِدعُ اللَهَ حَيثُ هُوَ الَّذي

دَعاني فَأَنّى لا يُجيبُ دُعائِيا

And You said to me, “Call upon Allah wherever He is the One

Who called me, so how would He not answer my call?”

وَها أَنا أَدعوهُ بُعَيدَ دُعائِهِ

جَزاءً وِفاقاً لا عَلَيَّ وَلا لِيا

And here I am, calling upon Him after His call

In reciprocation, neither upon me nor for me,

فَإِن هُوَ فَضلاً قَد أَجابَ فَجودُهُ

هُوَ الغَيثُ يَهمي بِالمَكارِمِ وافِيا

For if He has answered out of His overflowing generosity

He is the downpour that pours with noble deeds in abundance

عَلى أَنَّني إِيّاهُ أَرجو وَبِالَّذي

هُوَ البابُ لِلطُلّابِ جِئتُ مُوافِيا

Moreover, I hope in Him, and in the One

Who is the door for seekers - I came compatible

هُوَ المُصطَفى كَنزُ الصَفا مَعدِنُ الوَفا

سَنا الاصطِفا مَن منهُ سِرُّ صَفائِيا

He is Al-Mustafa, treasure of purity, source of loyalty

Our exemplar of noble choosing, from whom my purity flows

وَسيلَتُنا عِندَ العَظيمِ وَإنَّهُ

هُوَ الرَحمَةُ العُظمى بِفَيضِ إِلَهِيا

And our means with the Almighty - and He

Is the Greatest Mercy, by the grace of the Divine

تَوَسَّلتُ فيهِ عِندَهُ وَبِجاهِهِ

تَشَفَّعتُ لِلمَولى بِخَيرِ المَوالِيا

I used him as my intercession with Him, and by his stature

I interceded with the Master, the best of intercessors

فَيا رَبِّ حَظّي بِالنَوائِبِ قَد رَبا

وَكَدَّرَ شربي بَعدَ أَن كانَ صافِيا

So my Lord, my share of tribulations has been plentiful

And made my drink bitter after it was pure

وَمِن شاهِقٍ أَيدي اِمتِحانِكَ بي رمت

لِأَدنى حَضيضٍ سافِلٍ مِن بَلائِيا

And from towering trials, Your hands threw me down

To the lowest, most despicable place of my affliction

وَمَهما أَرُم بِالإِمتِحانِ تَقَدُّماً

لِقُربِكَ ناداني الأَسى مِن وَرائِيا

And however much I am thrown by trials towards

Closeness to You, sorrow called to me from behind me

تَمَزّقَ ثَوبُ الصَبرِ أَيَّ تَمَزُّقٍ

وَضاقَت رقاعي حَيثُ لَم أُلفِ رافِيا

The garment of patience tore - what tearing!

And my resources narrowed where I was not accustomed to having a stitcher

وَقَد لَسَعَتني مِن زَماني أَراقِمٌ

بِسُمِّ الأَذى ظُلماً وَلَم أَلقَ راقِيا

And my times have stung me with the poison

Of harm, unjustly, and I did not find an antidote

فَإِن كانَ لا يَرجو العَطا غَيرُ طائِعٍ

فَمَن ذا لَهُ جودٌ لِيَمنَحَ عاصِيا

For if none but the compliant may hope for gifts

Then who has generosity that they may grant the disobedient?

إِلَهي إِلَهي لَيسَ إِلّاكَ يُرتَجَى

وَحَقِّكَ ما وافَيتُ غَيرَكَ راجِيا

My God, my God - there is none but You to hope in

And by Your right, I have never focused on other than You, hoping

وَمَن ذا الَّذي أَشكو لَهُ سوءَ فاقَتي

وَيَعلَمُ قَبلَ المُشتَكَى سوءَ حالِيا

And who is there to whom I may complain of the wretchedness of my poverty

And who knows, before I complain, the wretchedness of my condition?

لَقَد دَكَّ دَهري طَودَ صَبري فَأَصبَحت

مَنازِلُ قَصري بِالخُطوبِ خَوالِيا

Indeed, the passage of time has shaken the pillars of my patience, so the dwellings

Of my palace have become desolate with disasters

وَفَوَّقَ لِي الخَطبُ المُبَرِّحُ أَسهُماً

مِنَ الوَجدِ وَالتَبريحِ فيها رَمانِيا

And dire events have shot me with arrows

Of anguish and distress in them, afflicting me

وَشَنَّ لِيَ الغاراتَ تَعدو وَقَد غَدَت

عَلَيَّ بِعادي الجور تَعدو العَوادِيا

So my Lord, a servant has none in the world of means

Other than You, so I plead being a supplicant

فَيا رَبِّ ما لِلعَبدِ في الدَهرِ مُلتَجىً

سِواكَ فَإنّي بِالتَضَرُّعِ لاجِيا

Save him with kindness, aid him with wishes

And make truth of favors for him, his hopes

تَدارَك بِأَلطافٍ وَأَسعفهُ بِالمُنى

وَحَقِّق لَهُ فَضلاً لَدَيكَ الأَمانِيا

And shake the mountains of disasters upon the descent

Of the unveiling of Your beautiful splendor wherever grace attaches me

وَدَكدِك جِبالَ الخَطبِ عِندَ تَنَزُّلِ ال

تجَلّي الجَمالي حَيثُما الفَضلُ دانِيا

Shall I expect a mirage that glitters, or an illusion of an oasis,

Other than You, when You have purified my drink?

أَؤُمُّ سراباً لاح وهماً بقيعَةٍ

سِواكَ وَقَد صَفَّيتَ قِدماً شَرابِيا

And by Your right, I hope for none but You, nor have I

Inclined to other than You, even if my desires were denied

وَحَقِّكَ لا أَرجو سِواكَ وَلَم أَكُن

لغَيرِكَ أَنحو لَو مُنِعتُ مُرادِيا

If You are my Lord, then it suffices me as an honor

That I am a servant heading towards Your door

إِذا كُنتَ لي رَبّاً فَحَسبِيَ رِفعَةً

بأنِّيَ عَبدٌ نَحوَ بابِكَ ساعِيا

And it suffices me as a witness to Your Oneness

That You are Singular - we see no second to You

وَحَسبيَ تَوحيدي لِذاتِكَ شاهِداً

بِأَنَّكَ فَردٌ لا نَرى لَكَ ثانِيا

If You will to give, then none can prevent, and if

You intend to deprive me, it is the essence of my gift

إِذا شِئتَ أَن تُعطي فَلا مانِعٌ وَإِن

تُرِد ليَ مَنعاً فَهوَ عَينُ عَطائِيا

By Your beautiful, sanctified Attributes,

And Your excellent, supreme Names

بِأَوصافِكَ الحَسنا المُقَدَّسَةِ الصَفا

وَأَسمائِكَ الحُسنى العُلا في الأسامِيا