So I ask You by Your might not to let my evil works and acts...
So I ask You by Your might not to let my evil works and acts veil my supplication from You,
وَلا تَفْضَحَنِي بِخَفِيِّ مَا اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سِرِّي
wa-la taf-dah-ni bi-khafi-yi mat-tala`ta `ailayhi min sir-ri
And not to disgrace me through the hidden things You knowest of my secrets
وَلا تُعَاجِلْنِي بِالْعُقُوبَةِ عَلَى مَا عَمِلْتُهُ فِي خَلَوَاتِي
wa-la tu`ajil-ni bil-u'qubati `ala ma `amil-tuhu fi khalawati
And not to hasten me to punishment for what I have done in private:
مِنْ سُوءِ فِعْلِي وَإِسَاءَتِي،
My evil acts in secrecy and my misdeeds
وَدَوَامِ تَفْرِيطِي وَجَهَالَتِي
And my continuous negligence and my ignorance
وَكَثْرَةِ شَهَوَاتِي وَغَفْلَتِي
wa kath-rati sha-hawati wa ghaf-lati
And my manifold passions and my forgetfulness. وَكُنِ اَللَّهُمَّ بِعِزَّتِكَ لِي فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوَاِل رَؤُوفاً
wa kunil-lahumma bi-i'z-zatika li fi kul-lil-ah-wali ra’ufa
And by Your might, O Allah, be kind to me in all states
وَّعَلَيَّ فِي جَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ عَطُوفاً
wa `alay-ya fi jamii'l-umuri `atufa
And be gracious to me in all affairs! إِلَهِي وَرَبِّي مَن لِّي غَيْرُكَ أَسْألُهُ كَشْفَ ضُرِّي وَالْنَّظَرَ فِي أَمْرِي! ilahi wa rab-bi mal-li ghayruka as-aluhu kash-fa dur-ri wan-nazara fi am-ri! My God and my Lord! Have I any but You from whom to ask removal of my affliction and regard for my affairs! إِلَهِي وَمَوْلاي أَجْرَيْتَ عَلَيَّ حُكْماً اتَّبَعْتُ فِيهِ هَوَى نَفْسِي،
ilahi wa maw-laya aj-rayta `alay-ya huk-mant-taba`tu fihi hawa naf-si
My God and my Protector! You put into effect through me a decree in which I followed the caprice of my own soul
وَلَمْ أَحْتَرِسْ فِيهِ مِن تَزْيينِ عَدُوِّي،
wa lam ah-taris fihi min tazyini `adu-wi
And [I] did not remain wary of adorning my enemy. فَغَرَّنِي بِمَا أَهْوَى وَأَسْعَدَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ القَضَاءُ
fa-ghar-rani bi-ma ah-wa wa as-`adahu `ala dha-likal-qada
So he deluded me through my soul's caprice and therein destiny favoured him
فَتَجَاوَزْتُ بِمَا جَرَى عَلَيَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بَعْضَ حُدُودِكَ
fa-taja-waztu bi-ma jara `alay-ya min dha-lika ba`da hududik
So, in what was put into effect through me in that situation, I transgressed some of Your statutes
And disobeyed some of Your commands.
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