صلاة اللَه في سرٍّ وجهرٍ

صلاة اللَه في سرٍّ وجهرٍ

على المختار تتطرى طول دهر

على المختار تتطرى طول دهر

God's blessings, in secret and aloud,

The prayer of God secretly and openly

upon the Chosen One, renewed through all time.

Upon the Chosen One flows for eternity

رسول اللَه فرَّ النومُ مني

رسول اللَه فرَّ النومُ مني

وضاجعني السقام وضاق صدري

وضاجعني السقام وضاق صدري

O Messenger of God, sleep has fled from me,

Messenger of God, sleep has escaped me

and illness has lain beside me, and my breast has tightened.

And sickness has overwhelmed me, my chest tightened

رسول اللَه زاد الخطب مني

رسول اللَه زاد الخطب مني

فصب معسر ولمعه عسرى

فصب معسر ولمعه عسرى

O Messenger of God, my affliction has increased;

Messenger of God, hardship has increased for me

so I am a destitute lover, and his radiance is my hardship.

So poverty came, and it shone adversity

رسول اللَه خالطني اغتمام

رسول اللَه خالطني اغتمام

وآلام وأسقام وضرى

وآلام وأسقام وضرى

O Messenger of God, grief has mingled with me,

Messenger of God, anxiety has mixed with me

and pains, and illnesses, and my suffering.

And pains, illnesses, and harm

رسول اللَه أرجو منك عطفاً

رسول اللَه أرجو منك عطفاً

يزيل لشدتي وكذاك حَصري

يزيل لشدتي وكذاك حَصري

O Messenger of God, I hope for compassion from you

Messenger of God, I hope for kindness from you

that dispels my hardship and likewise my constriction.

That removes my distress and confinement

رسول اللَه غثني واحم ابناً

رسول اللَه غثني واحم ابناً

به ضعف فغوث منك يسري

به ضعف فغوث منك يسري

O Messenger of God, aid me and protect a son

Messenger of God, help me and protect a son

who is weak, so that help from you may flow.

Through whom weakness flows, so your ease comes to me

رسول اللَه لن يخفاك حالي

رسول اللَه لن يخفاك حالي

جفا جفنيَّ نوم ع الممرِّي

جفا جفنيَّ نوم ع الممرِّي

O Messenger of God, my condition will not be hidden from you;

Messenger of God, my state will not be hidden from you

sleep has shunned my two eyelids [ending unclear].

Sleep has abandoned my eyelids on the passage

رسول اللَه من أرسل بصدق

رسول اللَه من أرسل بصدق

نبي اللَه حاوي كلّ فخري

نبي اللَه حاوي كلّ فخري

O Messenger of God, you who were sent in truth,

Messenger of God, the one who truthfully sent

Prophet of God, encompassing all my pride.

The Prophet of God, embodiment of all my pride

رسول اللَه أشكو الحال حقاً

رسول اللَه أشكو الحال حقاً

إليك ومن يُغيث سواك ضرِّي

إليك ومن يُغيث سواك ضرِّي

O Messenger of God, truly I complain of my condition

Messenger of God, I sincerely complain

to you; who but you can relieve my suffering?

To you, for who other than you relieves my pain?

رسول اللَه من وزري وسوئي

رسول اللَه من وزري وسوئي

جرى هذا سؤلي ثم وطرى

جرى هذا سؤلي ثم وطرى

O Messenger of God, from my burden of sin and my wrongdoing

Messenger of God, from my burden and evil

this plea of mine has flowed, and then my desire.

This request of mine flowed, then it streamed

رسول اللَه مذ ما صار مني

رسول اللَه مذ ما صار مني

واكتسبت يداي حدث لي أمري

واكتسبت يداي حدث لي أمري

O Messenger of God, since what I did

Messenger of God, since what has come from me

and what my hands earned, my plight has befallen me.

And my hands have brought about, my matter happened

رسول اللَه أنت تقوم نهضاً

رسول اللَه أنت تقوم نهضاً

رسول اللَه أنت تول أمري

رسول اللَه أنت تول أمري

O Messenger of God, you rise to act;

Messenger of God, you rise taking a stand

O Messenger of God, you take charge of my affairs.

Messenger of God, you take charge of my matter

رسول اللَه لا تهمل عبيداً

رسول اللَه لا تهمل عبيداً

وحاشا ذُراك من أن يبدِ ضرِّي

وحاشا ذُراك من أن يبدِ ضرِّي

O Messenger of God, do not neglect a humble servant,

Messenger of God, do not neglect servants

and far be it from your lofty heights to let my suffering appear.

Far be it from you to let my pain appear

رسول اللَهِ أنت الروح مني

رسول اللَهِ أنت الروح مني

رسول اللَه يا سحري ونحري

رسول اللَه يا سحري ونحري

O Messenger of God, you are my soul.

Messenger of God, you are the soul within me

O Messenger of God, O my chest and my throat.

Messenger of God, O my enchantment and sacrifice

رسول اللَه أنت أقيك مني

رسول اللَه أنت أقيك مني

بنفسي ووالديَّ يا سيف نصري

بنفسي ووالديَّ يا سيف نصري

O Messenger of God, you—I shield you from myself,

Messenger of God, I take refuge in you from me

with my life and my parents, O sword of my victory.

With my soul and parents, O sword of my victory

رسول اللَه محّ ثم محِّص

رسول اللَه محّ ثم محِّص

ذنوباً ثم آثامي ووزري

ذنوباً ثم آثامي ووزري

O Messenger of God, efface, then purge

Messenger of God, erase and then refine

sins, then my transgressions and my burden of guilt.

My sins, then my wrongdoings and burden

وأوهني رشاكَ وقلّ محبي

وأوهني رشاكَ وقلّ محبي

وابني هاشم لا تخشي ضري

وابني هاشم لا تخشي ضري

And your cord has weakened me [uncertain wording], and those who love me have grown few.

And weaken your firmness toward me and lessen my love

And my son Hashim, do not fear my harm.

And the son of Hashim, do not fear my harm

أتاك القصد مع سؤلاك فوراً

أتاك القصد مع سؤلاك فوراً

أتاك الغوث ثم وطول عمري

أتاك الغوث ثم وطول عمري

The goal has come to you at once, along with your request;

My purpose came to you with my request immediately

relief has come to you, then also the length of my life.

My relief came to you, and the lengthening of my life

وذاك باذن مولانا تعالى

وذاك باذن مولانا تعالى

لانك بابه وبك المقري

لانك بابه وبك المقري

And that is by our Lord's permission—exalted is He—

And that is by the permission of our Master the Exalted

for you are His gate, and through you is the resting place [uncertain wording].

For you are His door, and through you comes favor

لانك غوثه الجاري لكل

لانك غوثه الجاري لكل

وانك لا تزال لنا بذخري

وانك لا تزال لنا بذخري

For you are His succor, flowing to everyone,

For you are His aid flowing to all

and you ever remain for us as my treasure.

And you will always remain our treasure

عليك فدائماً أزكى صلاة

عليك فدائماً أزكى صلاة

من المولى باعلان وسرى

من المولى باعلان وسرى

Upon you, then, always be the purest blessing

Upon you, so continually, the most blessed prayer

from the Lord, openly and in my secrecy,

From the Master openly and in secret

وآلك والصحاب وتابعيهم

وآلك والصحاب وتابعيهم

واتباع لهم دوماً بخير

واتباع لهم دوماً بخير

and upon your family, the Companions, and their followers,

And your family, the companions and their followers

and followers of theirs, always in goodness,

And followers to them, always in goodness

متى ما ناحت الورقا وغرَّد

متى ما ناحت الورقا وغرَّد

هزارِ الانس في غصنٌ وزهر

هزارِ الانس في غصنٌ وزهر

whenever the dove laments and there warbles

Whenever the leaves rustled and the thousands

the nightingale of delight amid bough and blossom;

Of mankind chirped on a branch and flower

وما تم السؤال لنا وغنت

وما تم السؤال لنا وغنت

طيور البشر في أغصان نُضر

طيور البشر في أغصان نُضر

and whenever our petition is fulfilled and there sing

And the request was completed for us, and the birds

the birds of gladness among fresh green boughs.

Of mankind sang in fresh branches

صلاة اللَه ما صاحت رُعود

صلاة اللَه ما صاحت رُعود

على المختار في ظهرٍ وعصرِ

على المختار في ظهرٍ وعصرِ

God's blessings, as long as thunderclaps cry out,

The prayer of God has roared

upon the Chosen One at noon and in the afternoon.

Upon the Chosen One in the forenoon and afternoon