وَلَيْتَ شِعْرِي يَا سَيِّدِي وَإِلَهِي وَمَوْلاي wa layta...
وَلَيْتَ شِعْرِي يَا سَيِّدِي وَإِلَهِي وَمَوْلاي
wa layta shi`a-ri yay say-yidi wa ilahi wa maw-lay
Would that I knew, my Master, My God and my Protector,
أَتُسَلِّطُ النَّارَ عَلَى وُجُوهٍ خَرَّتْ لِعَظَمَتِكَ سَاجِدَةً
atusal-litun-nara `ala wujuhin khar-rat li-`azamatika sajidah
Whether You wilt give the Fire dominion over faces fallen down prostrate before Your Tremendousness,
وَّعَلَى أَلْسُنٍ نَّطَقَتْ بِتَوْحِيدِكَ صَادِقَةً وَّبِشُكْرِكَ مَادِحَةً
wa `ala al-sunin-nataqat bi-taw-hidika sadiqataw-wa bishuk-rika madihah
And over tongues voicing sincerely the profession of Your Unity and giving thanks to You in praise,
وَّعَلَى قُلُوبٍ اعْتَرَفَتْ بِإِلَهِيَّتِكَ مُحَقِّقَةً
wa `ala qulubin-`a-tarafat bi-ilhi-yatika muhaq-qiqah
And over hearts acknowledging Your Divinity through verification,
وَّعَلَى ضَمَائِرَ حَوَتْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ بِكَ حَتَّى صَارَتْ خَاشِعَةً
wa `ala dama-ira hawat minal-i'l-mi bika hat-ta sarat khashi`ah
And over minds encompassing knowledge of You until they have become humble
وَّعَلَى جَواِرحَ سَعَتْ إِلَى أَوْطَانِ تَعَبُّدِكَ طَائِعَةً وَّأَشَارَتْ بِاسْتِغْفَارِكَ مُذْعِنَةً
wa `ala jawariha sa't ila aw-tani ta'b-budika ta-i`ataw-wa asharat bis-tigh-farika mudhi'nah
And over bodily members speeding to the places of Your worship in obedience and beckoning for Your forgiveness in submission. مَّا هَكَذَا الظَّنُّ بِكَ وَلا أُخْبِرْنَا بِفَضْلِكَ عَنكَ
ma hkadhaz-zan-nu bika wa-la ukh-bir-na bi-fadlika `anka
No such opinion is held of You! Nor has such been reported - thanks to Your bounty — concerning You,
وَأَنتَ تَعْلَمُ ضَعْفِي عَن قَلِيلٍ مِّن بَلاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَعُقُوبَاتِهَا،
wa anta ta`lamu da`fi `an qalilim-min bala-id-dun-ya wa u'qubatiha
And You knowest my weakness before a little of this world's tribulations and punishments,
وَمَا يَجْرِي فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَكَارِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا
wa ma yaj-ri fiha minal-makarihi `ala ah-liha
And before those ordeals which befall its inhabitants,
عَلَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ بَلاءٌ وَّمَكْرُوهٌ، قَلِيلٌ مَّكْثُهُ، يَسِيرٌ بَقَاؤُهُ، قَصِيرٌ مُّدَّتُهُ
`ala an-na dha-lika bala-uw-wa mak-ruhun, qalilum-mak-thuhu, yasirum baqa-uhu, qasirum-mud-datuh
Even though it is a tribulation and ordeal whose stay is short, whose subsistence is but little and, whose period is but fleeting. فَكَيْفَ احْتِمَاِلي لِبَلاءِ الآخِرَةِ وَجَلِيلِ وُقُوعِ الْمَكَارِهِ فِيهَا! fa-kayfah-timali li-bala-il-akhirati wa jalili wuqui'l-makarihi fiha!
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