ظَنِّي بِرَبِّي مَليحٌ

ظَنِّي بِرَبِّي مَليحٌ

ظَنِّي بِنَفْسي قَبِيحُ

ظَنِّي بِنَفْسي قَبِيحُ

My opinion of my Lord is good;

My hopes in my Lord are beautiful

my opinion of myself is bad.

My hopes in myself are ugly

بِذا يَرُوَّحُ رُوحي

بِذا يَرُوَّحُ رُوحي

وذَا يَضيقُ الفَسيحُ

وذَا يَضيقُ الفَسيحُ

Through this, my soul is soothed;

With this my soul finds peace

and through that, the spacious grows narrow.

With that my spaciousness grows narrow

والقَلْبُ مِنّي بِهَذا

والقَلْبُ مِنّي بِهَذا

وَذَا مَريضٌ صَحيحُ

وَذَا مَريضٌ صَحيحُ

And my heart, through this

And my heart in this

and that, is sick and sound.

And that is a healthy sickness

أظُنُّ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّي

أظُنُّ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّي

إذا أَتَتْ أَسْتَريحُ

إذا أَتَتْ أَسْتَريحُ

I expect my Lord's mercy;

I expect my Lord's mercy

when it comes, I find rest.

When it comes I will find rest

أَلَمْ تَسَعْ كُلَّ شَيءٍ

أَلَمْ تَسَعْ كُلَّ شَيءٍ

وَذَا عُمُومُ صَرِيحُ

وَذَا عُمُومُ صَرِيحُ

Has it not encompassed everything?

Does it not encompass everything?

And this is plainly all-inclusive.

And that is an outright universality

فإِنْ أَكُنْ أَنَا شَيْئاً

فإِنْ أَكُنْ أَنَا شَيْئاً

فَذَاكَ أَمْرٌ رَبيحُ

فَذَاكَ أَمْرٌ رَبيحُ

So if I myself am a thing,

So if I am something

then that is a profitable matter.

Then that is a graceful affair

كَتَبْتَها يا إلَهِي

كَتَبْتَها يا إلَهِي

وأَنْتَ رَبٌّ سَمُوحُ

وأَنْتَ رَبٌّ سَمُوحُ

You have ordained it, O my God—

You wrote it, oh my God

and You are a generous Lord—

And You are a gracious Lord

لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ وَإِني

لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ وَإِني

عَبْدٌ حَقِيرٌ مُلِحُّ

عَبْدٌ حَقِيرٌ مُلِحُّ

for every servant; and I

For every servant, and I

am a lowly, insistent servant.

Am a worthless, craving servant