وثقت بسلطان المليك وعزه

وأركانه ذات الجلال الرفيعة

I trusted in the Sovereign’s power and His might,

and in His lofty pillars, endowed with majesty.

وثقت بسلطان المليك لنازل

من القدر المحتوم صعب الشكيمة

I trusted in the Sovereign’s power against an affliction

from inevitable fate, hard to bridle.

وثقت بسلطان المليك وواثق

بسلطانه في حصن عز ومنغة

I trusted in the Sovereign’s power, and whoever trusts

in His power is in a fortress of might and [protection].

وما واثق باللّه فيما ينوبه

على حرج من أمره ومضيعه

And no one who trusts in God amid what befalls him

is left in distress or ruin in his affairs.

تملك نفسي يا مليك اغترارها

ففرت إلى ما تشتهي وتولت

My soul was seized, O Sovereign, by its own delusion,

so it fled toward what it craved and turned away.

وذللها الشيطان فيما ترومه

هما ملكا عقلي وساقا طبيعتي

And Satan subdued it through what it sought;

those two possessed my reason and drove my nature.

بعملك ما لاقيت مولاي منمها

وما سبباه يا مليك لشقوتي

[Known to You] is what I suffered, my Master, [from those two],

and what they brought about, O Sovereign, to make me wretched.

وفي النفس كم من حرمة قد توثبت

عليها وكم من ورطة بعد ورطة

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

upon, and how many a pitfall after pitfall!

وكم غدرة جاءت بها وشنائع

أتتها وعصيان عليه استمرت

And how many acts of treachery it brought forth, and abominations

it committed, and disobedience in which it persisted!

بملكك ربي هذه النفس زكها

وقدس مساعيها بنور وحكمة

By Your sovereignty, my Lord, purify this soul,

and sanctify its strivings with light and wisdom.

الهي في حول المليك وطوله

بلوغ مرامي وانتفاء مضرتي

My God, in the Sovereign’s power and bounty

lie the fulfillment of my aims and my freedom from harm.