قد كفاني علم ربي

اَللهْ اَللهْ اَللهْ اَللهْاَللهْ اَللهْ اَللهْ اَللهْ

Allāh Allāh Allāh Allāh, Allāh Allāh Allāh Allāh

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah—Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah

كُلَّمَا نَادَيْتُ يَا هُوقَالَ يَا عَبْدِي أَنَا اللهْ

Kullamā nādaytu yā hū, Qaāla yā ʿabdī anā Allāh

Whenever I call out, "Ya Hu" (O He), He replies, "O My servant, I am Allah."

قَدْ كَفَانِي عِلْمُ رَبِّي

Qad kafānī ʿilmu rabbī

My Lord’s knowledge suffices me

مِنْ سُؤَالِي وَاخْتِيَارِي

Min suʾālī wakhtiyārī

Beyond my asking and my choosing

فَدُعَائِي وَابْتِهَالِي

Faduʿāʾī wābtihaālī

Thus, my supplication and pleading

شَاهِدٌ لِي بِافْتِقَارِي

Shāhidun lī biāftiqārī

Bear witness to my utter need

فَلِهٰذَا السِّرِّ أَدْعُو

Falihādhā as-sirri adʿū

For this very reason, I call upon You

فِي يَسَارِي وَعَسَارِي

Fī yasārī waʿasārī

In times of ease and in times of hardship

أَنَا عَبْدٌ صَارَ فَخْرِي

Anā ʿabdun ṣāra fakhrī

I am a servant whose pride lies

ضِمْنَ فَقْرِي وَاضْطِرَارِي

Ḍimna faqrī wāḍṭirārī

Within my poverty and my dire need

يَا إِلٰهِي وَمَلِيكِي

Yā ilāhī wamalīkī

O my God and my Sovereign

أَنْتَ تَعْلَمْ كَيْفَ حَالِي

Anta taʿlam kayfa ḥaālī

You know the state I am in

وَبِمَا قَدْ حَلَّ قَلْبِي

Wabimā qad ḥalla qalbī

And all that has settled in my heart

مِنْ هُمُومٍ وَاشْتِغَالِي

Min humūmin wāshtighaālī

Of worries and preoccupations

فَتَدَارَكْنِي بِلُطْفٍ

Fatadāraknī biluṭfin

So come to my aid with Your grace

مِنْكَ يَا مَوْلَى الْمَوَالِي

Minka yā mawlā al-mawaālī

O Master of all masters

يَا كَرِيمَ الْوَجْهِ غِثْنِي

Yā karīma al-wajhi ghithnī

O Most Generous, come to my rescue

قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْنَى اصْطِبَارِي

Qabla an yafnā ṣṭibārī

Before my patience runs out

يَا سَرِيعَ الْغَوْثِ غَوْثاً

Yā sarīʿa al-ghawthi ghawthan

O Swift to Succor, grant me aid

مِنْكَ يُدْرِكْنِي سَرِيعًا

Minka yudriknī sarīʿanā

That reaches me quickly from You

يَهْزِمُ العُسْرَ وَيَأْتِي

Yahzimu al-ʿusra wayaʾtī

Vanquishing hardship and bringing

بِالَّذِي أَرْجُو جَمِيعًا

Bi-adh-dhī arjū jamīʿanā

All that I hope for and desire

يَا قَرِيبًا يَا مُجِيبًا

Yā qarībanā yā mujībanā

O Near One, O Answerer of prayers

يَا عَلِيمًا يَا سَمِيعًا

Yā ʿalīmanā yā samīʿanā

O All-Knowing, O All-Hearing

قَدْ تَحَقَّقْتُ بِعَجْزِي

Qad taḥaqqaqtu biʿajzī

I have fully realized my helplessness

وَخُضُوعِي وَانْكِسَارِي

Wakhuḍūʿī wankisārī

My submission, and my brokenness

لَمْ أَزَلْ بِالْبَابِ وَاقِفْ

Lam azal bi-al-bābi wāqif

I stand at the threshold,

فَارْحَمَنْ رَبِّي وُقُوفِي

Fārḥaman rabbī wuqūfī

So have mercy, my Lord, upon my standing;

وَبِوَادِي الْفَضْلِ عَاكِفْ

Wabiwādī al-faḍli ʿākif

I abide in the valley of Grace,

فَأَدِمْ رَبِّي عُكُوفِي

Faʾadim rabbī ʿukūfī

So let my abiding endure, my Lord;

وَلِحُسْنِ الظَّنِّ لَازِمْ

Waliḥusni aẓ-ẓanni lāzim

I hold fast to a good opinion [of You],

فَهْوَ خِلِّي وَحَلِيفِي

Fahwa khillī waḥalīfī

For it is my intimate friend and ally,

وَأَنِيسِي وَجَلِيسِي

Waʾanīsī wajalīsī

My solace and my constant companion,

طُولَ لَيْلِي وَنَهَارِي

Ṭūla laylī wanahārī

Throughout the length of my nights and days;

حَاجَةً فِي النَّفْسِ رَبِّي

Ḥājatan fī an-nafsi rabbī

A need lies within my soul, my Lord—

فَاقْضِهَا يَا خَيْرَ قَاضِي

Fāqḍihā yā khayra qāḍī

Fulfill it, O Best of those who decree;

وَأَرِحْ سِرِّي وَقَلْبِي

Waʾariḥ sirrī waqalbī

And grant peace to my innermost self and heart,

مِنْ لَظَاهَا وَالشُّوَاظِ

Min laẓāhā wa-ash-shuwāẓi

Relieving them of its burning heat and scorching flame,

فِي سُرُورٍ وَحُبُورِ

Fī surūrin waḥubūri

Bringing instead joy and bliss;

وَإِذَا مَا كُنْتَ رَاضِي

Waʾidhā mā kunta rāḍī

And when You are pleased,

فَالْهَنَا وَالبَسْطُ حَالِي

Fa-al-hanā wa-al-basṭu ḥaālī

Then felicity and expansive delight become my state,

وَشِعَارِي وَدِثَارِي

Washiʿārī wadithārī

My inner garment and my outer cloak.