مَولايَ إِنّي عَلَيكَ مُتَّكِلُ

مَولايَ إِنّي عَلَيكَ مُتَّكِلُ

وَأَنتَ عَمّا أَرومُ مُشتَغِلُ

وَأَنتَ عَمّا أَرومُ مُشتَغِلُ

My lord, I place my trust in you,

My Master, I rely on You alone,

Yet you are preoccupied with something other than what I seek.

While You are occupied with what I intend.

وَكَيفَ يُخطي رَأيي وَلي مَلِكٌ

وَكَيفَ يُخطي رَأيي وَلي مَلِكٌ

يُضرَبُ في حُسنِ رَأيِهِ المَثَلُ

يُضرَبُ في حُسنِ رَأيِهِ المَثَلُ

And how can my judgment err, when I have a king

How can my opinion go astray when I have a King

Whose sound judgment is held up as an example?

Whose wisdom is proverbial?

فَقُم بِنَصري فَقَد تَقاعَدَ بي

فَقُم بِنَصري فَقَد تَقاعَدَ بي

دَهري وَقَد ضاقَت بَعدَكَ الحِيَلُ

دَهري وَقَد ضاقَت بَعدَكَ الحِيَلُ

So rise to my aid, for I have been held back

So aid me, for my days have let me down.

By my fortune, and without you my options have narrowed.

Without You, stratagems fail.

وَلا تَكِل حاجَتي إِلى رَجُلٍ

وَلا تَكِل حاجَتي إِلى رَجُلٍ

وَمِنكَ في كُلِّ شَعرَةٍ رَجُلُ

وَمِنكَ في كُلِّ شَعرَةٍ رَجُلُ

And do not entrust my need to a man,

Do not entrust my need to any man;

When in every hair of yours there is a man.

In each hair of mine there is a man through You.