عُودِي يَا لَيَالِي الرِّضَا

عُودِي يَا لَيَالِي الرِّضَابِالأُنْسِ الَّذِي قَدْ مَضَى

ʿūdī yā layālī ar-riḍā, Bi-al-ʾunsi al-ladhī qad maḍā

Return, O nights of contentment, with the intimacy that has passed.

يَا مَنْ عَوَّدُونَا الوَفَاأَنْتُمْ حَسْبُنَا وَكَفَى

Yā man ʿawwadūnā al-wafā, Antum ḥasbunā wakafā

O you who accustomed us to faithfulness, you are our sufficiency, and enough.

يَا أَهْلَ المَعْرُوفْوَالصَّفْحِ المَأْلُوفْ

Yā ahla al-maʿrūf, Wa-aṣ-ṣafḥi al-maʾlūf

O people of kindness and familiar forgiveness,

عَبْدٌ بِالذُّنُوبِ اعْتَرَفْعَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفْ

ʿabdun bi-adh-dhunūbi ʿtaraf, ʿafā Allāhu ʿammā salaf

A servant has confessed his sins; may Allah pardon what has passed.

عَبْدٌ عَنْكُمُ لَمْ يَحُلْوَمِنْ صَدِّكُمْ قَدْ يَحُلّ

ʿabdun ʿankumu lam yaḥul, Wamin ṣaddikum qad yaḥull

A servant who never turned from you, yet your rejection may undo him.

وَاصِلُوا المَهْجُورْوَاجْبُرُوا المَكْسُورْ

Wāṣilū al-mahjūr, Wajburū al-maksūr

Grant union to the forsaken, and mend the broken,

وَارْحَمُوا شَدِيدَ الأَسَفْعَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفْ

Warḥamū shadīda al-ʾasaf, ʿafā Allāhu ʿammā salaf

And have mercy on the deeply sorrowful; may Allah pardon what has passed.

مَنْ لِي غَيْرُكُمْ أَرْتَجِيوَإِلَى بَابِ مَنْ أَلْتَجِي

Man lī ghayrukum artajī, Waʾilā bābi man altajī

In whom besides you do I hope, and to whose door do I turn for refuge?

مَا لِفَاقَتِيإِلَّا سَادَتِي

Mā lifāqatī, Illā sādatī

For my need there is none but my masters.

مَالِي عَنْكُمُ مُنْصَرَفْعَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفْ

Mālī ʿankumu munṣaraf, ʿafā Allāhu ʿammā salaf

I have no turning away from you; may Allah pardon what has passed.

تَرَى هَلْ يَزُولُ الجَفَاوَمِنْكُمْ نَنَالُ الوَفَا

Tarā hal yazūlu al-jafā, Waminkum nanālu al-wafā

Will estrangement ever end, and will we receive faithfulness from you?

كُونُوا لِي أَنْتُمْكَمَا قَدْ كُنْتُمْ

Kūnū lī antum, Kamā qad kuntum

Be for me as you once were;

قُولُوا عَبْدَنَا لَا تَخَفْعَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفْ

Qūlū ʿabdanā lā takhaf, ʿafā Allāhu ʿammā salaf

Say: "Our servant, do not fear; may Allah pardon what has passed."

مَالِي غَيْرُ إِحْسَانِكُمْفَمُنُّوا بِغُفْرَانِكُمْ

Mālī ghayru iḥsānikum, Famunnū bighufrānikum

I have nothing but your kindness, so grant your forgiveness

لِلْعَبْدِ الجَانِيجَمِّ العِصْيَانِ

Lilʿabdi al-jānī, Jammi al-ʿiṣyāni

To the sinful servant, abundant in disobedience,

عَلَى بَابِكُمْ وَقَفْعَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفْ

ʿalā bābikum waqaf, ʿafā Allāhu ʿammā salaf

Who stands at your door; may Allah pardon what has passed.