1. الهيَ لا مسموع يعزب عنك يا

    سميع بجهر كائن أو بخفية

    My God, nothing audible eludes You, O

    All-Hearing One, whether it occurs aloud or in secret.

  2. الهي سمع اللّه درك لذاته

    تجلى له مسموعه بالحقيقة

    My God, God's hearing is perception intrinsic to His essence;

    what He hears is truly manifest to Him.

  3. الهي سمع الحق ليس بآلة

    ولا صفة بالذات قامت وحلت

    My God, the True One's hearing is not through an instrument,

    nor an attribute that subsists and inheres in His essence.

  4. ولكنه علم قديم مطابق

    لماهية المعلوم باللازمية

    Rather, it is eternal knowledge, corresponding exactly

    to the essence of what is known, by necessity.

  5. سمعت دبيب النمل يا سامع الدعا

    على الصخرة الصماء في الحندسية

    You heard the tread of ants, O Hearer of prayer,

    upon the solid rock in the pitch-dark night.

  6. وليس نداء عن نداء بمشغل

    لسمعك حكم الفرد فيه ككثرة

    Nor does one call distract from another;

    to Your hearing, one and many are alike.

  7. سمعت لحمد الحامدين وصنتهم

    بحمدك يا ذا الحمد في كل نعمة

    You listened to the praise of those who praise, and protected them

    for praising You, O You to whom praise is due for every blessing.

  8. سمعت دعاء الخلق حالاً ولهجة

    وسراً وأرواحاً بسر وجهرة

    You heard creation's prayer, in state and utterance,

    and secrets and souls, in secret and aloud.

  9. الهي صراخي بالدعاء سمعته

    وليس دعاء لافتخار وسمعة

    My God, You have heard my cry in supplication;

    and it is no prayer for boasting or renown.

  10. ولكن أحاطت بي بحور مصائب

    وأعظمها ذنبي وتسويف توبتي

    But seas of calamity have surrounded me,

    and greatest among them are my sin and my delaying repentance.

  11. سمعت ففرجها بروح ورحمة

    وإن لم أكن مستأهلاً للمثوبة

    You have heard; so dispel them with relief and mercy,

    even if I am not worthy of reward.