1. ربِّ كنْ لي منها لباساً حصيناً

    إنّها دون ما كفيتَ قديما

    Lord, be for me an impregnable garment against it.

    It is less than what You shielded me from long ago.

  2. أنتَ أطْلقتني وكنتُ أسيراً

    ثمّ داويتَ من أموري سقيما

    You freed me when I was a captive,

    then healed what ailed in my affairs.

  3. أنتَ ألقيتني على ذِرْوةِ الأَمْ

    نِ وقد كان لِي الحِذارُ نديما

    You set me upon the summit of security,

    though caution had been my constant companion.

  4. أَنتَ نكّبْتَ عنِّيَ الخُطَطَ الجُو

    نَ ظماءً إلى ذِرارِيَ هِيما

    You turned the dark designs away from me,

    thirsting for my offspring, crazed with thirst.

  5. أنتَ نجّيتَني ومن حولِيَ الأُسْ

    دُ سِغاباً هَرتَ الشُّدوقِ سليما

    You rescued me, while lions were all around me,

    hungry, with gaping jaws—yet I was unharmed.

  6. ورفعتَ الملامَ عنّي وقد كن

    تُ لَدَى كلِّ مَن أراه مُليما

    And You lifted blame from me, though I had been

    blameworthy before everyone I saw.

  7. وتلافيتَ بِي اِعوجاجاً إلى الشر

    رِ فأصبحتُ من لَدُنْك قويما

    And You remedied in me a crooked leaning toward evil,

    so I became upright through You.

  8. كم أراد العُداةُ ثَلمي وقدّر

    تَ سواه فلم يَرَوْني ثليما

    How often enemies sought to mar me, while You decreed

    otherwise, and they never saw me marred.

  9. كم أرادوا بِيَ الشّقاءَ فأبْدَلْ

    تَ بما حاولوه منّي نعيما

    How often they wished me misery, but You replaced

    what they sought to bring upon me with bliss.

  10. كم عظيمٍ حملتَ عنِّيَ لولا

    نصرةٌ منك ما حملتُ عظيما

    How many a great burden You bore for me! Were it not for

    help from You, I could have borne no great burden.

  11. لستُ أَنسى وهم يهبّون لي كل

    ل سمومٍ لمّا هببتَ نسيما

    I do not forget—while they blew against me every

    scorching wind—the time You blew as a gentle breeze.

  12. لا تُضِعْنِي وقد جعلتُك في الأخ

    طار حِرْزاً من الأذى وحريما

    Do not forsake me, for I have made You, amid dangers,

    a safeguard against harm and a sanctuary.

  13. وأجبْ منِّيَ النّداءَ فلم تَحْ

    رِمْ سؤالاً ولا مَطَلْتَ غريما

    And answer my call, for You have never denied

    a request, nor kept a creditor waiting.