يَا عَالِمَ السِّرِّ مِنَّا

يَا عَالِمَ السِّرِّ مِنَّالَا تَهْتِكِ السِّتْرَ عَنَّا

Yā ʿālima as-sirri minnā, Lā tahtiki as-sitra ʿannā

O Knower of our secrets, do not tear away the veil from us.

يَارَبِّ يَا عَالِمَ الحَالْإِلَيْكَ وَجَّهْتُ الآمَالْ

Yārabbi yā ʿālima al-ḥāl, Ilayka wajjahtu al-ʾāmāl

O Lord, O Knower of our state, to You I have turned my hopes,

فَامْنُنْ عَلَيْنَا بِالإِقْبَالْوَكُنْ لَنَا وَاصْلِحِ البَالْ

Famnun ʿalaynā bi-al-ʾiqbāl, Wakun lanā waṣliḥi al-bāl

So grace us with Your turning toward us, be ours, and set our minds at rest.

يَارَبِّ يَارَبَّ الأَرْبَابْعَبْدُكْ فَقِيرُكْ عَلَى البَابْ

Yārabbi yārabba al-ʾarbāb, ʿabduk faqīruk ʿalā al-bāb

O Lord, O Lord of lords, Your servant, Your poor one, is at the door;

أَتَى وَقَدْ بَتَّ الأَسْبَابْمُسْتَدْرِكًا بَعْدَ مَا مَالْ

Atā waqad batta al-ʾasbāb, Mustadrikan baʿda mā māl

He has come, having cut off all means, seeking to make amends after he strayed.

يَا وَاسِعَ الجُودِ جُودَكْالخَيْرُ خَيْرُكْ وَعِنْدَكْ

Yā wāsiʿa al-jūdi jūdak, Al-khayru khayruk waʿindak

O You of vast generosity, Your generosity! All good is Your good, and with You

فَوْقَ الَّذِي رَامَ عَبْدُكْفَادْرِكْ بِرَحْمَتِكْ فِي الحَالْ

Fawqa al-ladhī rāma ʿabduk, Fadrik biraḥmatik fī al-ḥāl

Is more than Your servant has sought; so rescue him with Your mercy at once.

يَا مُوجِدَ الخَلْقِ طُرّاًوَمُوسِعَ الكُلِّ بِرّاً

Yā mūjida al-khalqi ṭurran, Wamūsiʿa al-kulli birran

O Bringer of all creation into being, who embraces all with kindness,

أَسْأَلُكَ إِسْبَالَ سَتْراًعَلَى القَبَائِحْ وَالْاخْطَالْ

Asʾaluka isbāla satran, ʿalā al-qabāʾiḥ wa-al-ākhṭāl

I ask You to let down a veil over the ugly deeds and the errors.

يَامَنْ يَرَى سِرَّ قَلْبِيحَسْبِي اطِّلَاعُكَ حَسْبِي

Yāman yarā sirra qalbī, Ḥasbī ṭṭilāʿuka ḥasbī

O You who see the secret of my heart, Your knowing suffices me, it suffices me;

فَامْحُ بِعَفْوِكَ ذَنْبِيوَاصْلِحْ قُصُودِي وَالأَعْمَالْ

Famḥu biʿafwika dhanbī, Waṣliḥ quṣūdī wa-al-ʾaʿmāl

So erase my sin with Your pardon, and set right my intentions and my deeds.

رَبِّي عَلَيْكَ اعْتِمَادِيكَمَا إِلَيْكَ اسْتِنَادِي

Rabbī ʿalayka ʿtimādī, Kamā ilayka stinādī

My Lord, upon You is my reliance, just as on You I lean,

صِدْقاً وَأَقْصَى مُرَادِيرِضَاؤُكَ الدَّائِمُ الحَالْ

Ṣidqan waʾaqṣā murādī, Riḍāʾuka ad-dāʾimu al-ḥāl

Truly; and my furthest desire is Your lasting good pleasure.

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّيأَسْأَلُكَ العَفْوَ عَنِّي

Yā rabbi yā rabbi innī, Asʾaluka al-ʿafwa ʿannī

O Lord, O Lord, I ask You for pardon for myself,

وَلَمْ يَخِبْ فِيكَ ظَنِّييَا مَالِكَ المُلْكِ يَا وَالْ

Walam yakhib fīka ẓannī, Yā mālika al-mulki yā wa-al-

And my good opinion of You has not been disappointed, O Owner of Sovereignty, O Protector.

أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ وَأَبْكِيمِنْ شُؤْمِ ظُلْمِي وَإِفْكِي

Ashkū ilayka waʾabkī, Min shuʾmi ẓulmī waʾifkī

I complain to You and weep for the misfortune of my wrongdoing and my falsehood,

وَسُوءِ فِعْلِي وَتَرْكِيوَشَهْوَةِ القِيلِ وَالقَالْ

Wasūʾi fiʿlī watarkī, Washahwati al-qīli wa-al-qāl

My evil acts and omissions, and my appetite for idle talk,

وَحُبِّ دُنْيَا ذَمِيمَةْمِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ عَقِيمَةْ

Waḥubbi dunyā dhamīma, Min kulli khayrin ʿaqīma

And love of a blameworthy world, barren of all good,

فِيهَا البَلَايَا مُقِيمَةْوَحَشْوُهَا آفَاتْ وَاشْغَالْ

Fīhā al-balāyā muqīma, Waḥashwuhā ʾāfāt washghāl

In which afflictions abide, and whose contents are blights and distractions.

يَا وَيْحَ نَفْسِي الغَوِيَّةْعَنِ السَّبِيلِ السَّوِيَّةْ

Yā wayḥa nafsī al-ghawiyya, ʿani as-sabīli as-sawiyya

Alas for my errant self, strayed from the straight path!

أَضْحَتْ تُرَوِّجْ عَلَيَّهْوَقَصْدُهَا الجَاهُ وَالمَالْ

Aḍḥat turawwij ʿalayyah, Waqaṣduhā al-jāhu wa-al-māl

It has taken to beguiling me, and its aim is status and wealth.

يَا رَبِّ قَدْ غَلَبَتْنِيوَبِالأَمَانِي سَبَتْنِي

Yā rabbi qad ghalabatnī, Wabi-al-ʾamānī sabatnī

O Lord, it has overpowered me, captivated me with wishes,

وَفِي الحُظُوظِ كَبَتْنِيوَقَيَّدَتْنِي بِالأَكْبَالْ

Wafī al-ḥuẓūẓi kabatnī, Waqayyadatnī bi-al-ʾakbāl

Cast me down among pleasures, and bound me in fetters.

قَدِ اسْتَعَنْتُكَ رَبِّيعَلَى مُدَاوَاةِ قَلْبِي

Qadi staʿantuka rabbī, ʿalā mudāwāti qalbī

I have sought Your help, my Lord, in healing my heart

وَحَلِّ عُقْدَةِ كَرْبِيفَانْظُرْ إِلَى الغَمِّ يَنْجَالْ

Waḥalli ʿuqdati karbī, Fanẓur ilā al-ghammi yanjāl

And untying the knot of my distress; so look upon the grief, and it will clear.

يَا رَبِّ يَا خَيْرَ كَافِيأَحْلِلْ عَلَيْنَا العَوَافِي

Yā rabbi yā khayra kāfī, Aḥlil ʿalaynā al-ʿawāfī

O Lord, O best Sufficer, send down well-being upon us,

فَلَيْسَ شَيْئْ ثَمَّ خَافِيعَلَيْكَ تَفْصِيلْ وَإِجْمَالْ

Falaysa shayʾ thamma khāfī, ʿalayka tafṣīl waʾijmāl

For nothing there is hidden from You, in detail or in sum.

يَا رَبِّ عَبْدُكْ بِبَابِكْيَخْشَى أَلِيمَ عَذَابِكْ

Yā rabbi ʿabduk bibābik, Yakhshā alīma ʿadhābik

O Lord, Your servant is at Your door, fearing Your painful punishment,

وَيَرْتَجِي لِثَوَابِكْوَغَيْثُ رَحْمَتِكْ هَطَّالْ

Wayartajī lithawābik, Waghaythu raḥmatik haṭṭāl

And hoping for Your reward, and the rain of Your mercy pours.

وَقَدْ أَتَاكَ بِعُذْرِهْوَبِانْكِسَارِهْ وَفَقْرِهْ

Waqad atāka biʿudhrih, Wabiānkisārih wafaqrih

He has come to You with his excuse, his brokenness and his poverty;

فَاهْزِمْ بِيُسْرِكَ عُسْرِهْبِمَحْضِ جُودِكَ وَالإِفْضَالْ

Fahzim biyusrika ʿusrih, Bimaḥḍi jūdika wa-al-ʾifḍāl

So rout his hardship with Your ease, by sheer generosity and bounty.

وَامْنُنْ عَلَيْهِ بِتَوْبَةْتَغْسِلْهُ مِنْ كُلِّ حَوْبَةْ

Wamnun ʿalayhi bitawba, Taghsilhu min kulli ḥawba

Grace him with a repentance that washes him of every sin,

وَاعْصِمْهُ مِنْ شَرِّ أَوْبَةْلِكُلِّ مَا عَنْهُ قَدْ حَالْ

Waʿṣimhu min sharri awba, Likulli mā ʿanhu qad ḥāl

And protect him from the evil of returning to all he has turned away from.

فَأَنْتَ مَوْلَى المَوَالِيالمُنْفَرِدْ بِالكَمَالِ

Faʾanta mawlā al-mawālī, Al-munfarid bi-al-kamāli

For You are the Master of masters, alone in perfection,

وَبِالعُلَا وَالتَّعَالِيعَلَوْتَ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الأَمْثَالْ

Wabi-al-ʿulā wa-at-taʿālī, ʿalawta ʿan ḍarbi al-ʾamthāl

And by loftiness and exaltation You are above all comparisons.

جُودُكْ وَفَضْلُكْ وَبِرُّكْيُرْجَى وَبَطْشُكْ وَقَهْرُكْ

Jūduk wafaḍluk wabirruk, Yurjā wabaṭshuk waqahruk

Your generosity, bounty and kindness are hoped for, and Your grip and Your might

يُخْشَى وَذِكْرُكْ وَشُكْرُكْلَازِمْ وَحَمْدُكْ وَالْإِجْلَالْ

Yukhshā wadhikruk washukruk, Lāzim waḥamduk wa-al-ʾijlāl

Are feared, and remembering You and thanking You is a duty, and praising and glorifying You.

يَا رَبِّ أَنْتَ نَصِيرِيفَلَقِّنِي كُلَّ خَيْرِي

Yā rabbi anta naṣīrī, Falaqqinī kulla khayrī

O Lord, You are my helper; so bring me all my good,

وَاجْعَلْ جِنَانَكْ مَصِيرِيوَاخْتِمْ بِالإِيْمَانِ الآجَالْ

Wajʿal jinānak maṣīrī, Wakhtim bi-al-ʾiymāni al-ʾājāl

Make Your Gardens my destination, and seal our lives with faith.

وَصَلِّ فِي كُلِّ حَالَةْعَلَى مُزِيلِ الضَّلَالَةْ

Waṣalli fī kulli ḥāla, ʿalā muzīli aḍ-ḍalāla

And bless, in every state, the one who removed misguidance,

مَنْ كَلَّمَتْهُ الغَزَالَةْمُحَمَّدِ الهَادِي الدَّالْ

Man kallamathu al-ghazāla, Muḥammadi al-hādī ad-dāl

To whom the gazelle spoke, Muhammad, the guide who points the way.

وَالحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ شُكْرَاعَلَى نِعَمْ مِنْهُ تَتْرَى

Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāhi shukrā, ʿalā niʿam minhu tatrā

And praise be to Allah, in thanks for blessings from Him that follow one upon another;

نَحْمَدْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرَاوَبِالغَدَايَا وَالآصَالْ

Naḥmadhu sirran wajahrā, Wabi-al-ghadāyā wa-al-ʾāṣāl

We praise Him in secret and in public, in the mornings and the evenings.