وَأَقْبَلْتُ بِكُلِّي عَلَيْـكَ،

wa aqbaltu bi-kullī ‘alayk,

and I have turned toward You with my whole being,

وَصَـرَفْتُ وَجْهِي عَمَّنْ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى رِفْدِكَ،

wa ṣaraftu wajhī ‘amman yaḥtāju ilā rifdik,

and I have turned my face away from him who is in need of Your help,

وَقَلَبْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ فَضْلِكَ،

wa qalabtu mas’alatī ‘amman lam yastaghnī ‘an faḍlik,

and I have directed my request away from him who is not independent of Your favour,

وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمُحْتَاجِ إلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ

wa ra’aytu anna ṭalaba al-muḥtāji ilā al-muḥtāj

and I have seen that the request of the needy from the needy

سَفَهٌ مِنْ رَأْيِهِ وَضَلَّةٌ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ،

safahun min ra’yihī wa ḍallatun min ‘aqlih,

is foolishness in his opinion and an error in his intellect,

فَكَمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَـا إِلَهِيْ

fa-kam qad ra’aytu yā ilāhī

How many times have I seen, O my God,

مِنْ أُنَاسٍ طَلَبُوا الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِكَ فَذَلُّوا،

min unāsin ṭalabū al-‘izza bi-ghayrika fa-dhallū,

people who sought honour from other than You and were humiliated,

وَرَامُوا الثَّرْوَةَ مِنْ سِوَاكَ فَافْتَقَرُوا،

wa rāmū ath-tharwata min siwāk fa-iftaqarū,

and strove for wealth from other than You and became poor,

وَحَاوَلُوا الارْتِفَاعَ فَاتَّضَعُوا،

wa ḥāwalū al-irtifā‘a fa-ittaḍa‘ū,

and attempted elevation and were brought low!

فَصَحَّ بِمُعَايَنَةِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ حَازِمٌ

fa-ṣaḥḥa bi-mu‘āyanati amthālihim ḥāzimun

Thus, through the observation of their likes, a prudent man is confirmed,

وَفَّقَهُ اعْتِبَارُهُ

waffaqahu i‘tibāruhū

whose consideration makes him successful,

وَأَرْشَدَهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ صَوَابِهِ اِخْتِیارُهُ

wa arshadahū ilā ṭarīqi ṣawābihī ikhtiyāruh.

and whose testing guides him to the path of correctness.

فَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلايَ

fa-anta yā mawlāya

So You, O my Master,

دُونَ كُلِّ مَسْؤُولٍ مَوْضِعُ مَسْأَلَتِي

dūna kulli mas’ūlin mawḍi‘u mas’alatī

are, before every person asked, the object of my request,

وَدُونَ كُلِّ مَطْلُوبٍ إِلَيْهِ وَلِيُّ حَاجَتِي.

wa dūna kulli maṭlūbin ilayhī waliyyu ḥājatī.

and before every person sought, the guardian of my need.

اَنتَ الْمَخْصُوصُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ بِدَعْوَتِي

antal-makhṣūṣu qabla kulli mad'uwwin bi-da'watī

You are the One singled out before every person prayed to with my supplication.

لاَ يَشْرَكُكَ أَحَدٌ فِي رَجَائِي،

lā yashrukuka aḥadun fī rajā’ī,

No one shares with You in my hope,

وَلاَ يَتَّفِقُ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ فِي دُعَائِي،

wa lā yattafiqu aḥadun ma‘ak fī du‘ā’ī,

and no one unites with You in my prayer,

وَلاَ يَنْظِمُهُ وَإِيَّاكَ نِدَائِي

wa lā yanẓimuhū wa iyyāka nidā’ī

and my call does not join him and You.

لَكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَحْدَانِيَّةُ الْعَدَدِ،

lak yā ilāhī waḥdāniyyatu al-‘adad,

Yours, O my God, is the oneness of number,

وَمَلَكَةُ الْقُدْرَةِ الصَّمَدِ،

wa malakatu al-qudrati aṣ-ṣamad,

and the sovereignty of eternal, absolute power (aṣ-Ṣamad),

وَفَضِيلَةُ الْحَوْلِ وَالْقُوَّةِ،

wa faḍīlatu al-ḥawl wa al-quwwah,

and the pre-eminence of ability (al-ḥawl) and strength,

وَدَرَجَةُ الْعُلُوِّ وَالرِّفْعَةِ

wa darajatu al-‘uluww wa ar-rif‘ah

and the degree of exaltation and elevation.

وَمَنْ سِوَاكَ مَرْحُومٌ فِي عُمْرِهِ،

wa man siwāk marḥūmun fī ‘umrih,

And whoever is other than You is one shown mercy in his life,

مَغْلُوبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، مَقْهُورٌ عَلَى شَأْنِهِ،

maghlūbun ‘alā amrih, maqhūrun ‘alā sha’nih,

overpowered in his affair, subdued in his condition,

مُخْتَلِفُ الْحَالاَتِ، مُتَنَقِّلٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ.

mukhtalifu al-ḥālāt, mutanaqqilun fī aṣ-ṣifāt.

differing in circumstances, shifting in attributes.

فَتَعَالَيْتَ عَنِ الْأَشْبَاهِ وَالْأَضْـدَادِ،

fa-ta‘ālayta ‘ani al-ashbāh wa al-aḍdād,

So You are exalted beyond all likenesses and opposites,

وَتَكَبَّـرْتَ عَنِ الْأَمْثَـالِ وَالْأَنْدَادِ،

wa takabbarta ‘ani al-amthāl wa al-andād,

and You are too majestic for parallels and peers,

فَسُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ.

fa-subḥānak lā ilāha illā ant.

Glory be to You! There is no god but You.