هذَا مَقامُ العائِذِ

هذَا مَقامُ العائِذِ

بِذِي الجَلالِ اللائِذِ

بِذِي الجَلالِ اللائِذِ

This is the station of one seeking refuge,

This is the refuge of one who seeks

sheltering with the Possessor of Majesty,

The Owner of Majesty, my only hope,

مِنْ زَلّةِ اللّسانِ

مِنْ زَلّةِ اللّسانِ

وهَفْوَةِ الجَنانِ

وهَفْوَةِ الجَنانِ

from a slip of the tongue,

From slip of tongue and straying thoughts,

and a lapse of the heart,

And deeds gone wrong and words not true.

وسَيّىء الأعْمالِ

وسَيّىء الأعْمالِ

وَزائِفِ الأَقْوالِ

وَزائِفِ الأَقْوالِ

and evil deeds,

If He's no mercy for me, what can guard me?

and false words.

Yet good opinion's all I have to give me hope.

إن لَمْ يَكُنْ لي راحِما

إن لَمْ يَكُنْ لي راحِما

فأيُّ شَيْء لي حِمَى

فأيُّ شَيْء لي حِمَى

If He is not merciful to me,

I'm the evildoer, the confessor,

then what can be my refuge?

Not one to deny the sins I bear.

لَكِنَّ حُسْنَ ظَنِّي

لَكِنَّ حُسْنَ ظَنِّي

هُو مُنْيَةُ المتَمَنِّي

هُو مُنْيَةُ المتَمَنِّي

Yet my good hope

is the wish of one who longs.

أنا المسيءُ لامِرا

أنا المسيءُ لامِرا

لَسْتُ لِذَنْبي مُنْكِرَا

لَسْتُ لِذَنْبي مُنْكِرَا

I am the wrongdoer, beyond dispute;

I do not deny my sin.