أتراك عما قد جناه تصفح

أتراك عما قد جناه تصفح

فبقلبه نار التاسف تلقح

فبقلبه نار التاسف تلقح

Will You, I wonder, pardon what he has committed?

Do you see what wrongs he has committed?

For the fire of regret blazes in his heart.

In his heart burns the fire of regret.

للعفو يجنح في الشدائد خاطري

للعفو يجنح في الشدائد خاطري

ولعفوكم عند الشدائد يجنَحُ

ولعفوكم عند الشدائد يجنَحُ

My heart inclines toward pardon in hardships,

In times of hardship, my nature inclines to forgiveness.

and toward Your pardon it inclines in hardships.

And in times of hardship, your forgiveness inclines.

يا ويح من سترت عليه عيوبه

يا ويح من سترت عليه عيوبه

إن كان في يوم القيامة يفضح

إن كان في يوم القيامة يفضح

Alas for him whose faults You have concealed,

Woe to him whose faults you concealed!

if on the Day of Resurrection he is disgraced.

If on the Day of Judgment they are exposed.

من لي إذا عرضت عليك جنيّتي

من لي إذا عرضت عليك جنيّتي

إن لم تكن لي بالتجاوز تسمح

إن لم تكن لي بالتجاوز تسمح

Who will help me when my offense is laid before You,

If I present my wrongdoings to you,

if You are unwilling to grant me pardon?

who do I have if you do not forgive with kindness?

أترى تُعَذّبُ مسلما ولسانه

أترى تُعَذّبُ مسلما ولسانه

بشهادة التوحيد فيك يصرح

بشهادة التوحيد فيك يصرح

Would You, I wonder, torment a Muslim while his tongue

Do you think you would punish a Muslim whose tongue

openly proclaims the testimony of Your oneness?

Proclaims your Oneness sincerely?

إن أثقلت أعباء ذنبٍ ظهرَهُ

إن أثقلت أعباء ذنبٍ ظهرَهُ

فبفضلها الأعباء عنه تطرح

فبفضلها الأعباء عنه تطرح

If the burdens of sin weigh down his back,

If the burden of sins weighs down his back,

then through its virtue those burdens are lifted from him.

Then by your grace the burdens are lifted from him.

تاللَه لا برح العميد بباكم

تاللَه لا برح العميد بباكم

فلغيركم آماله لا تطمح

فلغيركم آماله لا تطمح

By God, the lovesick one remains at Your gate;

By God, the pillar does not cease weeping,

for his hopes reach toward none but You.

And for none but you do his hopes aspire.

فلتقبلوا أو تطردوا أو تبعدوا

فلتقبلوا أو تطردوا أو تبعدوا

عنكم حليف بعادكم لا يبرح

عنكم حليف بعادكم لا يبرح

So accept him, or drive him away, or keep him far off:

So accept or reject or distance yourself,

the one bound to separation from You will never leave You.

An ally who stays with you when you are distant.

لألازمنّ السعى نحوك راجيا

لألازمنّ السعى نحوك راجيا

فلعل سعيى بالتزامى ينجح

فلعل سعيى بالتزامى ينجح

I will surely persist in striving toward You, full of hope,

I will persist seeking you hopefully,

for perhaps my striving will succeed through my steadfastness.

That my persistence in adherence succeeds.

إن الجناة إلى رضاك تعرضوا

إن الجناة إلى رضاك تعرضوا

وقفوا بأبواب الرجا واستفتحوا

وقفوا بأبواب الرجا واستفتحوا

Indeed, the sinners have sought Your approval;

The saved have appealed to your pleasure

they stood at the gates of hope and asked that they be opened:

And stood at the gates of hope knocking.

من خائف قد أوبقته ذنوبه

من خائف قد أوبقته ذنوبه

ومتيم بالشوق فيك يصرح

ومتيم بالشوق فيك يصرح

among them a fearful one, whom his sins have brought to ruin,

A fearful one whom his sins have ruined,

and a love-stricken one, openly declaring his longing for You.

And a lover who openly proclaims his passion for you.

فاغفر لهذا ما جناه وكن لذا

فاغفر لهذا ما جناه وكن لذا

ففؤاده بسهام بعدك يجرح

ففؤاده بسهام بعدك يجرح

So forgive this one what he has committed, and stand by that one;

So forgive him what wrongs he has done, and be to this one

for his heart is wounded by the arrows of separation from You.

For his heart is wounded by arrows of separation from you.

خُرس اللسان عن الكلام مهابة

خُرس اللسان عن الكلام مهابة

وإشارتي عما أريد تلَوَّحُ

وإشارتي عما أريد تلَوَّحُ

The tongue is mute, held from speech by awe,

My tongue falls silent from speech in awe,

and my gesture hints at what I desire.

And my gestures signal what I wish.