1. لطفاً بعبد قد أتاك ضعيفا

    فلقد عهدتك بالضعيف لطيفا

    Be gentle with a servant who has come to You weak;

    for I have known You to be gentle with the weak.

  2. إنى ألفتُ وفاؤكم ومن الوفا

    أن تمنحوا راجيكم المالوفا

    Indeed, I am accustomed to Your faithfulness, and part of faithfulness is

    to grant the one who hopes in You the customary favor.

  3. بكم ألوذ من البعاد وصرفه

    فمتى أرى صرف النوى مصروفا

    In You I seek refuge from separation and its ravages;

    so when shall I see separation's ravages turned away?

  4. حاشاك أن يغدو المؤمل خائباً

    وبباب طولك قد أطال وقوفا

    Far be it from You that the hopeful should be disappointed,

    while he has long stood at the gate of Your bounty.

  5. يا بدر آمالي وشمس رجائها

    لا تعقبوا شمس الرجاء كسوفا

    O full moon of my hopes and sun of their expectation,

    do not follow the sun of hope with an eclipse.

  6. كاسات بعدك اسكرت مضنى النوى

    دارت عليه فلا يزال نزيفا

    Cups of distance from You have intoxicated one exhausted by separation;

    they have passed round to him, so he remains intoxicated.

  7. فإذا بدا نور اللطائف عاد في

    صحو ومَدّ له الرجاء سجوفا

    Then, when the light of gentle favors appears, he returns to

    sobriety, and hope spreads curtains for him.

  8. حلف البعاد غدا ببابك واقفا

    ولأنت أكرم من أجار حليفا

    Separation's ally now stands at Your door,

    and surely You are the most generous of those who shelter an ally.

  9. من لي سواك ولم تزل يا عدتي

    بي في الأمور المعضلات رؤوفا

    Whom have I but You? And You have never ceased, O my support,

    to be compassionate toward me in difficult affairs.

  10. أوسعتني نعمى تضاعف عدها

    فوفتَ أبرادي بها تفويفا

    You have lavished on me blessings whose number has multiplied;

    so with them You have adorned my cloaks with stripes.

  11. يا واحداً صمداً قديماً لم يزل

    بالعفو عن زلاتنا معروفا

    O One, Self-Sufficient, Eternal, ever

    known for pardoning our lapses.

  12. لك بالعباد عظيم لطفٍ جل أن

    نلفيه محدوداً ولا موصوفا

    Your great kindness toward servants is too exalted for

    us to find it limited or describable.

  13. ولذا مددت يد الضراعة راجياً

    وعليكم أملى غدا موقوفا

    And so I have stretched out the hand of supplication, hoping,

    and upon You my hope is now fixed.

  14. وجعلتُ أحمد شافعي فبحقه

    كن يا رجا أملى عليّ عطوفا

    And I have made Ahmad my intercessor; so, for his sake,

    be tender toward me, O hope of my aspirations.

  15. فعليه من نائى الديار تحية

    يندى ربيعاً عرفها ومصيفا

    So upon him be a greeting from one in far-off lands,

    whose fragrance is dewy in spring and summer.