يَا رَبِّ مَا لِي سِوَاكَ

يَا رَبِّ مَا لِي سِوَاكَ

مِنْ مَلْجَأٍ، فِي حِمَاكَ

مِنْ مَلْجَأٍ، فِي حِمَاكَ

O my Lord, I have none but You

O Lord, I have none but You as refuge

as a refuge, in Your protection.

In Your protection I seek shade

قَدْ أَرْهَقَتْنِي ذُنُوبِي

قَدْ أَرْهَقَتْنِي ذُنُوبِي

وَأَوْرَدَتْنِي الْهَلاكَ

وَأَوْرَدَتْنِي الْهَلاكَ

My sins have exhausted me

My sins have exhausted me

and brought me to ruin.

And brought me ruin

فَأَثْقَلَتْنِي هُمُومِي

فَأَثْقَلَتْنِي هُمُومِي

فَلَمْ أَجِدْ لِي فِكَاكَ

فَلَمْ أَجِدْ لِي فِكَاكَ

So my worries weighed me down,

My worries made me heavy

and I found no release for myself,

And I found no escape

حَتَّى هَوَيْتُ بِجُبٍّ

حَتَّى هَوَيْتُ بِجُبٍّ

وَصِرتُ أَرْجُو سَنَاكَ

وَصِرتُ أَرْجُو سَنَاكَ

until I fell into a pit

Until I fell into an abyss

and began to hope for Your radiance.

And hoped for Your help

فَصِرْتُ حَيًّا كَمَيْتٍ

فَصِرْتُ حَيًّا كَمَيْتٍ

يَرْجُو لِقَلْبٍ حَرَاكَ

يَرْجُو لِقَلْبٍ حَرَاكَ

So I became a living man like one dead,

I became alive like a dead one

hoping for a heart to stir.

Hoping for my heart to stir

تَضَرُّعِي وَابْتِهَالِي

تَضَرُّعِي وَابْتِهَالِي

بِدَمْعِ عَاصٍ جَفَاكَ

بِدَمْعِ عَاصٍ جَفَاكَ

My humble entreaty and my supplication

My pleading and beseeching

are offered with the tears of a sinner who forsook You.

With the tears of one who disobeyed You

وَصِرْتُ أَدْعُو وَأَرْجُو

وَصِرْتُ أَدْعُو وَأَرْجُو

مُؤَمِّلاً رُحْمَاكَ

مُؤَمِّلاً رُحْمَاكَ

And I began to pray and hope,

And I started calling and hoping

hoping for Your mercy.

Awaiting Your mercy

فَارْحَمْ ضَعِيفًا مُقِرًّا

فَارْحَمْ ضَعِيفًا مُقِرًّا

بِذَنْبِهِ قَدْ أَتَاكَ

بِذَنْبِهِ قَدْ أَتَاكَ

So have mercy on a weak man who admits

So have mercy on a weak confessor

his sin and has come to You.

Who came to You with his sin

تَبَتُّلِي وَصَلاتِي

تَبَتُّلِي وَصَلاتِي

أَدْعُو وَأَرْجُو رِضَاكَ

أَدْعُو وَأَرْجُو رِضَاكَ

In my devotion and my prayer,

My devotion and my prayers

I pray and hope for Your pleasure.

I call and hope for Your pleasure

فَاغْفِرْ ذُنُوبِي وَهَبْنِي

فَاغْفِرْ ذُنُوبِي وَهَبْنِي

فِي كُلِّ أَمْرِي هُدَاكَ

فِي كُلِّ أَمْرِي هُدَاكَ

So forgive my sins and grant me

Forgive my sins and grant me

Your guidance in all my affairs.

In all my affairs Your guidance

وَكُنْ مُعِينِي لأَغْدُو

وَكُنْ مُعِينِي لأَغْدُو

عَبْدًا كَأَنِّي أَرَاكَ

عَبْدًا كَأَنِّي أَرَاكَ

And be my helper, so that I may become

And be my helper so I can become

a servant, as though I see You.

A servant as if I see You

لَعَلَّ وَجْهَكَ أَلْقَى

لَعَلَّ وَجْهَكَ أَلْقَى

فَالْفَوْزُ نَيْلُ رُؤَاكَ

فَالْفَوْزُ نَيْلُ رُؤَاكَ

Perhaps I may behold Your face,

Perhaps I will meet Your face

for triumph is attaining the sight of You.

For meeting You is the greatest prize

فَيَا لَسُعْدَى وَبُشْرَى

فَيَا لَسُعْدَى وَبُشْرَى

عَبْدٍ أَحَبَّ لِقَاكَ

عَبْدٍ أَحَبَّ لِقَاكَ

So, what bliss and glad tidings

Oh, the joy and glad tidings

for a servant who loved meeting You!

For a servant who loved to meet You

يَا رَبِّ وَعْدَكَ أَرْجُو

يَا رَبِّ وَعْدَكَ أَرْجُو

دَاعٍ، أَجِبْ مَنْ دَعَاكَ

دَاعٍ، أَجِبْ مَنْ دَعَاكَ

O my Lord, I put my hope in Your promise.

O Lord, I hope for Your promise

I am a supplicant; answer whoever has called upon You.

Respond to one who called upon You