لك اللطف الخفي فكل حي

لك اللطف الخفي فكل حي

بلطفك يا إلهي في سعاده

بلطفك يا إلهي في سعاده

Yours is hidden kindness, so every living being

You have hidden kindness, so every living being

Through Your kindness, O my God, lives in happiness.

Is happy through your kindness, my God

وقد عوّدتني كرما وحلما

وقد عوّدتني كرما وحلما

خفى اللطف من زمن الولاده

خفى اللطف من زمن الولاده

And You have accustomed me, with generosity and forbearance,

You have accustomed me to generosity and forbearance

To hidden kindness from the time of birth.

Your hidden kindness since the time of birth

فلا تقطعه يا مولاي عني

فلا تقطعه يا مولاي عني

فمنك اللطف لا أخشى نفاده

فمنك اللطف لا أخشى نفاده

So do not cut it off from me, O my Master;

So do not cut it off from me, my Master

For kindness comes from You; I do not fear its exhaustion.

For kindness is from You, I do not fear its exhaustion

وجمل بالتقى روحي وقلبي

وجمل بالتقى روحي وقلبي

وتوجني بأنوار العباده

وتوجني بأنوار العباده

And adorn my soul and heart with piety,

And adorn my soul and heart with piety

And crown me with the lights of worship.

And crown me with the lights of worship

ولا تقطع رجائي منك إني

ولا تقطع رجائي منك إني

أخو دين فعجّل لي سداده

أخو دين فعجّل لي سداده

And do not cut off my hope in You; I am

And do not cut off my hope in You, I am

A debtor, so hasten its repayment for me.

A brother in religion, so hasten my integrity

وصن ماء المحيا عن لئيم

وصن ماء المحيا عن لئيم

وبلغني من العليا الزياده

وبلغني من العليا الزياده

And guard the water of my face—my dignity—from a base man,

And protect the water of life from the wicked

And bring me to still greater heights.

And take me to the highest level of increase

وصن أهلى وأولادي وبيتي

وصن أهلى وأولادي وبيتي

وشيد بالتقى أبدا عماده

وشيد بالتقى أبدا عماده

And protect my family, my children, and my home,

And protect my family, children and home

And strengthen its pillar with piety forever.

And forever build with piety its pillars

ومتعني بإقبال وعز

ومتعني بإقبال وعز

وبلغني السعادة والسياده

وبلغني السعادة والسياده

And let me enjoy good fortune and glory,

And provide me with prosperity and honor

And bring me to happiness and eminence.

And take me to happiness and supremacy

وداو الجسم من مرض وسقم

وداو الجسم من مرض وسقم

وجنبني التكاسل والبلاده

وجنبني التكاسل والبلاده

And heal the body of illness and sickness,

And cure the body of illness and sickness

And keep me from laziness and dullness.

And spare me laziness and stagnation

ونق القلب من حد وحقد

ونق القلب من حد وحقد

ومن كبر وأصلح لي فساده

ومن كبر وأصلح لي فساده

And cleanse the heart of harshness and rancor,

And purify the heart of animosity and hatred

And of pride, and mend its corruption for me.

And of arrogance, and correct its corruption

وعاملني بإحسان ولطف

وعاملني بإحسان ولطف

فمنك اللطف والإحسان عاده

فمنك اللطف والإحسان عاده

And treat me with benevolence and kindness,

And treat me with kindness and grace

For kindness and benevolence are Your custom.

For kindness and benevolence are your habit

إلهى في الصبا حالفت نفسي

إلهى في الصبا حالفت نفسي

وخالفت التنسك والزهاده

وخالفت التنسك والزهاده

My God, in youth I allied myself with my own self,

My God, in youth my soul struck an alliance

And opposed devotion and asceticism.

And went against asceticism and devotion

وكم أنضيت نضوى في رضاه

وكم أنضيت نضوى في رضاه

وكم أجريت مضطرا جواده

وكم أجريت مضطرا جواده

And how often I exhausted my gaunt mount to please it,

And how much pleasure it found in satisfaction

And how often, under compulsion, I set its steed running.

And how much it let run a reluctant steed

فندّ بمهجتي في كل واد

فندّ بمهجتي في كل واد

فما أحسنت من ضعفي قياده

فما أحسنت من ضعفي قياده

So it bolted with my lifeblood through every valley,

So it wandered in every valley aimlessly

And in my weakness I did not handle its reins well.

How bad was my leadership in my weakness

وألبسني ثياب الجهل قهرا

وألبسني ثياب الجهل قهرا

وطوقني كمأسور قلاده

وطوقني كمأسور قلاده

And clothed me by force in the garments of ignorance,

And clothed me in the garments of ignorance by force

And placed a collar around my neck, like a captive.

And shackled me like a chained prisoner

وغالبت الصبا فغلبت قهرا

وغالبت الصبا فغلبت قهرا

وملّت قوّتي طبعا جهاده

وملّت قوّتي طبعا جهاده

And I struggled against youth, but was forcibly overcome,

And overpowered my youth by force

And my strength naturally grew weary of battling it.

And weakened my innate strength to strive

وقد ضحك المشيب بفود رأسي

وقد ضحك المشيب بفود رأسي

وشمس الشيب قد سترت سواده

وشمس الشيب قد سترت سواده

And gray hair has smiled at the side of my head,

And grey hair laughed at my temples

And the sun of gray hair has veiled its blackness.

And the sun of grey hair concealed its blackness

وحل الضعف وانكشف المخبا

وحل الضعف وانكشف المخبا

ولم أخذ ليوم الحشر زاده

ولم أخذ ليوم الحشر زاده

And weakness has settled in, and the hidden is laid bare,

And weakness came and faults were exposed

And I have taken no provision for the Day of Gathering.

And I did not prepare provision for the Day of Resurrection

ولكن قد رددت جماح غيي

ولكن قد رددت جماح غيي

ولازمت التنسك والعباده

ولازمت التنسك والعباده

But I have reined in my headlong waywardness,

But I have folded the wings of caprice

And kept to devotion and worship.

And clung to asceticism and worship

وتبت إلى المهيمن من ذنوبي

وتبت إلى المهيمن من ذنوبي

وجانبت الأرائك والوساده

وجانبت الأرائك والوساده

And repented of my sins to the Guardian,

And repented to the Omnipotent of my sins

And forsaken couches and the pillow.

And avoided couches and pillows

لزمت عبادتي وتركت لهوى

لزمت عبادتي وتركت لهوى

وقد جانبت من ليلى رقاده

وقد جانبت من ليلى رقاده

I have kept to my worship and abandoned my amusements,

I devoted myself to worship and left passion

And have forsaken my night's sleep.

And I avoided spending nights with Layla

إلهى ما عصيتك باختياري

إلهى ما عصيتك باختياري

فإن جوارحي وفق الإراده

فإن جوارحي وفق الإراده

My God, I did not disobey You by my own choice,

My God, I did not disobey You by choice

For my limbs act in accordance with the Will.

For my limbs follow the will

ولكن كان قلبي غير راض

ولكن كان قلبي غير راض

وإن الله قد قوى اعتقاده

وإن الله قد قوى اعتقاده

But my heart did not consent,

But my heart was not content

And God has indeed strengthened its faith.

And God has strengthened its belief

وبالتوحيد معمور فؤادي

وبالتوحيد معمور فؤادي

وأحلى ما أقول هو الشهاده

وأحلى ما أقول هو الشهاده

And my heart is filled with belief in God's oneness,

And my heart is filled with monotheism

And the sweetest thing I say is the testimony of faith.

And the sweetest thing I say is the testimony

وحب المصطفى المختار ديني

وحب المصطفى المختار ديني

وآل البيت أصحاب السياده

وآل البيت أصحاب السياده

And love of Mustafa, the Elect, is my religion,

And love of the Chosen Prophet is my religion

As is love of the Household, the possessors of eminence.

And the People of the House, the ones with supremacy

فيا مولاي وفقني وبلّغ

فيا مولاي وفقني وبلّغ

بفضلك عبدك الفاني مراده

بفضلك عبدك الفاني مراده

So, O my Master, grant me success, and bring

So my Master, enable me and deliver

Your mortal servant, by Your grace, to his desire.

Your ephemeral servant by Your grace to his purpose

فلى نسبٌ بخير الخلق طه

فلى نسبٌ بخير الخلق طه

وأخشى أن يجنبني وداده

وأخشى أن يجنبني وداده

For I have kinship with Taha, the best of creation,

For I have a lineage to the best of creation, Taha

And I fear that he may deny me his affection.

And I fear his affection may evade me

عليه الله صلى كل حين

عليه الله صلى كل حين

وسلم ما سقى غيث عهاده

وسلم ما سقى غيث عهاده

May God bestow blessings upon him at every moment,

Blessings and peace be upon him always

And grant him peace as long as rain waters its rain-soaked grounds.

As long as rain waters vegetation

وعترته وأصحابه كرام

وعترته وأصحابه كرام

نجوم الفضل في أفق السعاده

نجوم الفضل في أفق السعاده

And his kindred and companions are noble,

And his family and noble companions

Stars of excellence on the horizon of happiness.

Stars of virtue in the horizon of prosperity