عظمت فلا شيء سواك عظيم

وجدت فما يحكي إليك كريم

Great are You; nothing besides You is great.

And generous are You; no generous soul rivals You.

وأوجدت معلوم الصنيع بقدرةة

بها عدم المثري ونيل عديم

And You brought known handiwork into being through a power

that impoverishes the wealthy and grants bounty to the destitute.

وأنت رؤوف بالعباد مهيمن

وبالمذنب اللاجي إليك كريم

You are compassionate toward Your servants, a watchful guardian,

and generous to the sinner who seeks refuge in You.

لطيف فإن أمهلت لست بمهمل

جواد فلم تبخل وأنت خليم

Gentle are You; if You grant respite, You do not neglect.

Bountiful are You; You have not withheld, and You are forbearing.

تباركت تقديساً تعاليت قدرة

خبير بأسرار الذنوب عليم

Blessed are You in holiness, exalted in power,

fully aware of the secrets of sins, all-knowing.

سألتك مضراً وأدعوك خائفاً

وراج وأنت المستعان قيوم

I implored You in distress, and I call upon You in fear

and hope; You are the One whose help is sought, the Sustainer.

فذنبي عظيم يا عظيم وإنما

عظمت وما عند العظيم عظيم

For my sin is great, O Great One; yet it is You who

are great, and nothing is great before the Great One.

عساك مع العتق الكرام عتقتني

فإني على باب الرجاء حجوم

May You have freed me with the noble freed ones,

for I hesitate at the door of hope.

وإن كنت ذا إثم أثيماً بكسبه

فما كل من يرجو رضاك أثيم

Though I bear sin, guilty through having earned it,

not everyone who hopes for Your approval is sinful.

وقمت وشهر الصوم لي فمودع

وكل وصول للحبيب صروم

And I stood as the month of fasting bade me farewell;

and everyone who joins a beloved must part.

أودعه والعين شكري بدمعها

وخفت على عقباه لست أصوم

I bid it farewell, my eye expressing my gratitude through its tears,

and I feared what follows it: that I would no longer fast.

وإن جدي السعد عندك سابقاً فما

ضامني في الموقفين مضيم

And if my happy fortune is already established with You, no

oppressor will wrong me at the two stations.

عساك قبلت الصوم مني وما بقي

من الذنب عندي لاحق ومقيم

May You have accepted my fasting, while what remains

of sin with me still pursues me and abides.

فيا ليت شعري كيف منك بزلفة

أأم بالذنوب الموبقات رحيم

Oh, would that I knew how to draw near to You—

do I approach with ruinous sins, O Merciful One?

ولم أدر هذا الشهر ودع بالرضا

وما راح عني فهو لي فخصيم

I did not know whether this month bade farewell content;

and what has departed from me is indeed my adversary.

رجال بشهر الصوم فازت فليتني

أكون بهم يوم المفاز ضميم

Men triumphed in the month of fasting; would that I

might be joined to them on the day of triumph,

وأعطيت ما أعطوا من الصوم حقه

وقمت بما كان الكرمي يقوم

and had given fasting its due as they did,

and had done what al-Karmi used to do.

وداعاً أبا فطر تركت بيننا

وكل بإخلاص الوداد مقيم

Farewell, Abu Fitr; you have left our midst,

while everyone remains in sincere affection.

بك الذكر يتلى كان في كل مسجد

بك الدين يا شهر الصيام قويم

Through you, remembrance was recited in every mosque;

through you, O month of fasting, the faith stands upright.

وكل لسان فيك بالذكر منتج

وبالهجر والعصيان منك عقيم

Every tongue, in you, bears fruit in remembrance,

and, through you, is barren of foul speech and disobedience.

بك البركات استوسقت وتجمعت

وليلة قدر فيك ليت تدوم

Through you, blessings gathered fully and came together;

within you is the Night of Decree—would that it endured!

ملائكة الرحمن جئت بمرحب

أضا النور منها والظلام بهيم

You came, welcomed, with the All-Merciful's angels;

light shone from them while the darkness was pitch-black.

رحلت أبا فطر رحيل منادم

وهل فيك يعتاض النديم نديم

You departed, Abu Fitr, as a boon companion departs;

can a boon companion find another in your stead?

سألنا الذي آتاك عنا نديمنا

لنلقاك والفضل العظيم نديم

On our own behalf, we asked the One who bestowed you, our companion,

that we might meet you, with great bounty as our companion.

رأيت مع التوديع راحت ذنوبنا

كما راح بين العاصفات هشيم

I saw our sins depart with the leave-taking,

as dry brush is carried off amid the storm winds.

فسر حياة بالذنوب منوطة

ولا في اكتساب الذنب طاب نعيم

So [the worst] life is one bound to sins,

nor is any bliss sweet in the earning of sin.

إذا نمت أفلاث المعاصي تزورني

فأقعد من أغلائها وأقوم

When I sleep, fragments of transgressions visit me;

so I sit down and rise because of their [fetters].

ومن أعجب الأشياء مني إذا ابتلى

بلائي بذنب كيف وهو نؤوم

And among the strangest things about me is when trial comes:

my affliction through sin—how, while he sleeps so much? [Wording unclear.]

ولولا الرجا في اللَه أن جميله

على كل مخلوق رجاه عميم

Were it not for hope in God—that His kindness

embraces every creature who hopes in Him—

لقطعت أنفاسي بأرداف أنةٍ

لها بين أثناء الضلوع حطيم

I would break my breaths with groan after groan,

with a shattering deep among the folds of my ribs.

ولكنني مستعصم بالذي به

نشا العظم حيّاً وهو ثم رميم

But I seek protection in the One through whom

the bone sprang to life, though it lay crumbled there.

أنا الهائم المشتاق للعفو والرضا

وكل حبيب للحبيب بهيم

I am love-distraught, yearning for pardon and approval,

and every lover is an unreasoning beast before the beloved.

بعثت لك الآمال أرجو نهالها

وهن إلى ورد القبول تهيم

I sent my hopes to You, hoping they would take their first draught,

and they wander yearningly toward acceptance's watering place.

فإن تعف عني فهو منك كرامة

فإني سؤول والمسول كريم

If You pardon me, it is a gracious gift from You;

for I am ever asking, and the One asked is generous.

على المصطفى صلى الإله وآله

متى قصدت نحو المشاعر كوم

May God bless the Chosen One and his family,

whenever high-humped camels head toward the sacred sites.