عَائِذاً بِكُمْ مِنْ زَمَانِي وَبَثِّهِ

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ عَدُوِّي وَخُبْثِهِ

Seeking refuge in You from my time and its sorrows,

O my God, and from my enemy and his malice,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ مَكَائِدِ نَفْسِي

يَا إِلَهِي وَحَاسِدٍ لِي وَبَحْثِهْ

O my God, and from the machinations of my own soul,

O my God, and from the envier against me and his prying,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ هُمُومٍ وَمِنْ شَ

رِّ الذِي يَقْنِصُ الْعُقُولَ بِنَفْثِهْ

O my God, and from anxieties, and from the ev-

-il of the one who hunts minds with his venomous breath,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ صَنِيعِي وَرَثِّهِ

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ مَقَالِي وَرَفْثِهْ

O my God, and from my deeds and their shabbiness,

O my God, and from my speech and its obscenity,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمُقْتَضَى سُوءِ ظَنِّي

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ يَقِينِي وَدَعْثِهْ

O my God, and from the consequence of my bad assumptions,

O my God, and from my certainty and its corruption,

يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ خَيْبَتِي فِي رَجَائِي

وَانْتِزَاعِ الْمُرَادِ مِنِّي وَجَأْثِهْ

O my God, from my disappointment in my hopes,

And the wresting of my purpose from me and its uprooting,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ بِعَادِيَ عَمَّا

فِيهِ قُرْبِي مِنَ الرَّشَادِ وَحِدْثِهْ

O my God, and from my distancing from that which

Brings me closer to right guidance and its occurrence,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ دُنُوِّي مِمَّنْ

يَقْتَضِي الْبُعْدَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ بِطَثِّهْ

O my God, and from my drawing near to whoever

Necessitates distance from Your pleasure by their defilement,

وَوُقُوفِي بِغَيْرِ بَابِكَ يَوْماً

يَا إِلَهِي وَحَزْنِ حُزْنِي وَوَعْثِهْ

And my standing at a door other than Yours for even a day,

O my God, and the ruggedness of my sorrow and its hardship,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ ضَيْقِ صَدْرِي وَمِنْ عَقْ

دِ لِسَانِي عَنِ الصَّوَابِ وَبَثِّهْ

O my God, and from the constriction of my chest, and the ty-

-ing of my tongue from speaking the truth and spreading it,

يَا إِلَهِي وَمِنْ تَبَلْبُلِ فِكْرِي

وَلَهاً فِي خَلَى الْمَعَاشِ وَرَمْثِهْ

O my God, and from the confusion of my thoughts,

Distracted by the pastures of livelihood and its remnants,

يَا إِلَهِي بِكَ اسْتَغَثْتُ أَغِثْنِي

وَاهْدِنِي لِاسْتِغْثَاثِ حَالِي وَرَمْثِهْ

O my God, in You I seek relief, so grant me relief,

And guide me to the restoration of my state and its mending,

يَا إِلَهِي بِكَ اسْتَعَذْتُ أَعِذْنِي

أَغِنْنِي عَنْ إِضْرَامِ شَرِّي وَحَرْثِهْ

O my God, in You I seek refuge, so grant me refuge,

Spare me from igniting my own evil and cultivating it,

يَا إِلَهِي بِكَ اعْتَصَمْتُ فَحُطْنِي

يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ نَهْبِ عِرْضِي وَدَأْثِهْ

O my God, to You I hold fast, so protect me,

O my God, from the plundering of my honor and its defilement,

يَا إِلَهِي فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي لِنَفْسِي

أَوْ لِمَنْ تَلْتَظِي شَرَارَةَ جَهْثِهْ

O my God, do not leave me to myself,

Or to someone whose spark of wrath blazes,

أَوْ لِمَنْ تُتَّقَى الْبَوَائِقُ مِنْهُ

أَوْ لِمَنْ يَجْرَحُ الْيَقِينَ بِمَلْثِهْ

Or to one whose calamities must be feared,

Or to one who wounds certainty with his falseness,

أَوْ لِمَنْ وُدُّهُ وَأَنْتَ عَلِيمٌ

أَنْ يَذُوبَ الْفُؤَادُ مِنِّي بِمَلْثِهْ

Or to one whose affection—and You are All-Knowing—

Causes my heart to melt away through his deceit,

أَوْ لِمَنْ يُبْرِزُ النَّجِيثَةَ مِنِّي

أَوْ لِمَنْ يُظْهِرُ الْعُيُوبَ بِنَبْثِهْ

Or to one who exposes my hidden secrets,

Or to one who reveals faults by excavating them,

وَشَفِيعِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ أَنْتَ يَارَ

بِّ شَفِيعِي إِلَى تَرَشُّفَ مَثِّهُ

And my intercessor to You is he, through whom You, O Lo-

-rd, grant me intercession to sip his pure essence,

أَحْمَدُ الْمُصْطَفَى أَجَلُّ الْبَرَايَا

مَنْ هَوَى طَالِعُ الضَّلاَلِ لِبَعْثِهْ

Ahmad the Chosen, the most exalted of creation,

The one at whose advent the rising star of misguidance fell,

فَعَلَيْهِ الصَّلاَةُ مِنْكَ يُغَادِي

وَبْلُهَا قَبْرَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ بَعْثِهْ

So upon him be blessings from You, showering down,

Their heavy rain upon his tomb until the Day of his Resurrection,

وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصَحَابِهِ مِنْ

كُلِّ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ الْهُدَى طَوْعَ ضَبْثِهْ

And upon his family and his companions, from

Every one in whose firm grasp guidance became compliant,

هَا أَنَا الْمُحْتَمِى بِهِ صِحْتُ وَا غَوْ

ثَاهُ مِنْ لاَعِجِ الْفُؤَادِ وَبَثِّهْ

Here I am, taking shelter in him, crying out: 'O hel-

-p!' from the burning anguish of the heart and its grief,

هَا أَنَا الصَّادِي تَرَجَّيْتُ غَيْثاً

يُطْفِئَنَّ الْجَوَى تَرَشْرُشُ دَثِّهْ

Here I am, parched with thirst, hoping for a rain

Whose light drizzle will surely extinguish this inner fire,

هَا أَنَا الْعَبْدُ قَدْ تَنَادَيْتُ يَا مَوْ

لاَيَ ذُبْتُ مِنْ رَضْعِ هَمِّي وَرَغْثِهْ

Here I am, the servant, having called out: 'O Mas-

-ter! I have melted away from nursing on my sorrow and its suckling,'

جَرَّحَ الْقَلْبَ رَكْضُ جَيْشِ اهْتِمَامِي

مُذْ تَلاَشَى الْعَزَاءُ مِنِّي بِوَطْثِهْ

The galloping army of my anxieties has wounded my heart,

Since my consolation vanished beneath its trampling,

يَاحَنَانَيْكَ لاَ تُقَابِلْ أَخَسَّ الْ

مُجْرِمِينَ الْمُذَمَّمِينَ بِحِنْثِهِ

O Most Compassionate, do not confront the basest of cri-

-minals, the condemned, with his perjury,

إِنْ يَكُنْ حَادَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ فَإِنَّ الْ

عَبْدَ تَرْدِي بِهِ رَدَاءَةُ جِنْثِهْ

If he has deviated from Your pleasure, then indeed the ser-

-vant is dragged to ruin by the wickedness of his nature,

أَنَا عَبْدُ وَقَدْ نَكَثْتُ عُرَى عَهْ

دِكَ وَالْعَبْدُ مَا لَهُ غَيْرُ نُكْثِهْ

I am a servant who has broken the bonds of Your cove-

-nant, and a servant has nothing but his breaching.

يَا لَكَ الْفَضْلُ مَا تَعَوَّدْتُ إِلاَّ

وَابِلَ الْفَضْلِ لاَ تُعِدْنِي لِوَلْثِهْ

Oh, to You belongs all grace! I have never been accustomed to anything but

The downpour of grace; do not return me to its mere dampness,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مُورِياً مِثْلَ مَا أَوْ

رَيْتُ زنْدَ الذَّكَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَلْثِهْ

And to You is the praise, sparking light just as You igni-

-ted the fire-stick of intellect after its confusion,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ خَالِصاً مِثْلَ مَا خ

لَّصتَ تِبْرَ القريضِ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَلْثِهْ

And to You is the praise, pure just as You pu-

-rified the gold dust of poetry after its adulteration,

وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ رَائِقاً مِثْلَ مَا رَ

قَّقْتَ دِيباجَ خَاطِرِي بَعْدَ كَثِّهْ

And to You is the thanks, crystal clear just as You re-

-fined the brocade of my mind after its coarseness,

وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ طَيِّباً مِثْلَ مَا طَ

يَّبْتُ قَوْلِي بِفِكْرَتِي بَعْدَ غَثِّهْ

And to You is the thanks, fragrant just as You swee-

-tened my speech with my reflection after its meagerness,

وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ أَنْ هَدَيْتَ وأهْدَيْ

تَ وعلَّمتَ مَا ارْتَقَيْتُ بِنَثِّهْ

And to You is the thanks that You guided, and You gif-

-ted, and You taught what I have ascended by broadcasting,

وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ فيِ الذِي لَسْتُ أُحْصِي

هِ وَأَوْلَيْتَني أَزِمَّةَ دُلْثِهْ

And to You is the thanks for that which I cannot enu-

-merate, and for granting me the reins of its swift flow.