قَرَعْتُ بِذُلِّي بَابَ الْعَزِيزْ

قَرَعْتُ بِذُلِّي بَابَ الْعَزِيزْ

وَلِلنَّفْسِ مِمَّا تَلَظَّتْ أَزِيزْ

وَلِلنَّفْسِ مِمَّا تَلَظَّتْ أَزِيزْ

I knocked in my humility at the door of the Almighty,

I knocked with my humility at the door of the mighty one,

I knocked with my humility at the door of the Almighty,

And my soul hissed from its fierce burning.

While my soul roared from the bitterness it had endured,

And my soul, from its fierce blazing, let out a seething groan,

وَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنِّيَ إِذْ جِئْتُهُ

وَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنِّيَ إِذْ جِئْتُهُ

ذَلِيلاً لَجَأْتُ لِحِرْزٍ حَرِيزْ

ذَلِيلاً لَجَأْتُ لِحِرْزٍ حَرِيزْ

And I knew for certain that, when I came to Him,

And I knew when I came to him,

And I was certain that when I came to Him,

Humbled, I had sought refuge in a secure sanctuary.

Humbled, I had resorted to an inviolable refuge.

Humbled, I sought refuge in an impregnable sanctuary.