وثقت بسلطان المليك وعزه

وثقت بسلطان المليك وعزه

وأركانه ذات الجلال الرفيعة

وأركانه ذات الجلال الرفيعة

I have put my trust in the King’s sovereignty and might,

I have trusted in the Sovereign's authority and His might,

and in His pillars of sublime majesty.

and His lofty pillars, endowed with majesty.

وثقت بسلطان المليك لنازل

وثقت بسلطان المليك لنازل

من القدر المحتوم صعب الشكيمة

من القدر المحتوم صعب الشكيمة

I have put my trust in the King’s sovereignty against whatever descends

I have trusted in the Sovereign's authority against a calamity

of inevitable fate, fierce and hard to rein.

of inevitable fate, hard to bridle.

وثقت بسلطان المليك وواثق

وثقت بسلطان المليك وواثق

بسلطانه في حصن عز ومنغة

بسلطانه في حصن عز ومنغة

I have put my trust in the King’s sovereignty; and whoever trusts

I have trusted in the Sovereign's authority; whoever trusts

in His sovereignty dwells in a fortress of might and refuge.

in His authority is in a fortress of might and protection.

وما واثق باللّه فيما ينوبه

وما واثق باللّه فيما ينوبه

على حرج من أمره ومضيعه

على حرج من أمره ومضيعه

Whoever trusts in God amid all that befalls him

No one who trusts in God amid what befalls him

feels no distress over his affairs, nor fear of ruin.

is in distress over his affairs or left to ruin.

تملك نفسي يا مليك اغترارها

تملك نفسي يا مليك اغترارها

ففرت إلى ما تشتهي وتولت

ففرت إلى ما تشتهي وتولت

My soul’s delusion took possession of it, O King,

My soul, O Sovereign, was possessed by its own self-delusion,

so it fled toward its desires and turned away.

so it fled toward what it craves and turned away.

وذللها الشيطان فيما ترومه

وذللها الشيطان فيما ترومه

هما ملكا عقلي وساقا طبيعتي

هما ملكا عقلي وساقا طبيعتي

And Satan made it compliant in pursuing what it sought.

And Satan subdued it in whatever it seeks;

Those two mastered my reason and drove my nature.

those two possessed my reason and drove my nature.

بعملك ما لاقيت مولاي منمها

بعملك ما لاقيت مولاي منمها

وما سبباه يا مليك لشقوتي

وما سبباه يا مليك لشقوتي

Through Your deed, my Lord, came what I suffered from those two,

You know, my Master, what I suffered from those two [probable intended sense],

and what they caused, O King, toward my misery.

and what they caused, O Sovereign, to my misery.

وفي النفس كم من حرمة قد توثبت

وفي النفس كم من حرمة قد توثبت

عليها وكم من ورطة بعد ورطة

عليها وكم من ورطة بعد ورطة

And as for the soul—how many a sacred bound has it pounced

And in the soul, how many a sacred boundary it has pounced

upon, and how many a plight after plight!

upon, and how many a pitfall after pitfall!

وكم غدرة جاءت بها وشنائع

وكم غدرة جاءت بها وشنائع

أتتها وعصيان عليه استمرت

أتتها وعصيان عليه استمرت

How many betrayals it has perpetrated, and how many outrages

And how many a betrayal it has committed, and abominations

it has committed—and disobedience in which it persisted!

it has perpetrated, and disobedience in which it persisted!

بملكك ربي هذه النفس زكها

بملكك ربي هذه النفس زكها

وقدس مساعيها بنور وحكمة

وقدس مساعيها بنور وحكمة

By Your sovereignty, my Lord, purify this soul,

By Your sovereignty, my Lord, purify this soul,

and sanctify its endeavors with light and wisdom.

and sanctify its endeavors with light and wisdom.

الهي في حول المليك وطوله

الهي في حول المليك وطوله

بلوغ مرامي وانتفاء مضرتي

بلوغ مرامي وانتفاء مضرتي

My God, within the King’s might and bounty lies

My God, in the Sovereign's strength and bounty lie

the attainment of my aims and the removal of my harm.

the attainment of my aims and my deliverance from harm.