أمَوْلايَ كم من دُعاءٍ إلى

أمَوْلايَ كم من دُعاءٍ إلى

نَداكَ دعاءَ مُلِحٍ مُلِظِّ

نَداكَ دعاءَ مُلِحٍ مُلِظِّ

O my lord, how many appeals I have made to

How much imploring to You I called,

Your bounty, pleading insistently and importunately!

An insistent imploring, wearisome;

تَخِذْتُك كَهْفاً لِمَا أرْتجِي

تَخِذْتُك كَهْفاً لِمَا أرْتجِي

فما نِلْتُ منك سوى يومِ حَظِّي

فما نِلْتُ منك سوى يومِ حَظِّي

I took you as a refuge for what I hope for,

I took You as a refuge for my trembling,

Yet I gained nothing from you but my day of fortune.

Yet from You I obtained but one day's share.