بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm
In the Name of Allāh, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
O' Allāh send Your blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
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اُنَا جِيْكَ يَا مَوْجُودًا فِيْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ
unā jīka yā mawjūdan fī kulli makān
I whisper unto You O One Who is present in every place
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لَعَلَّكَ تَسْمَعُ نِدَائِيْ
la`allaka tasma`u nidā-ī
So that you may hear my call
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فَقَدْ عَظُمَ جُرْمِيْ وَقَلَّ حَيَائِيْ
faqad `aẓuma jur-mī waqalla ḥayā-ī
for surely my sin is excessive and my shame is less
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مَوْلَايَ يَا مَوْلَايَ
mawlāya yā mawlāy
My Master, O my Master
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اَيَّ الْاَهْوَالِ اَتَذَكَّرُ وَ اَيَّهَا اَنْسَى
ayyal ahwāli atadhakkaru wa ayyahā ansā
which of the terrifying states shall I remember and which of them shall I forget
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وَ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ اِلَّا الْمَوْتُ لَكَفَى
wa law lam yakun illal mawtu lakafā
for if there was nothing except death it would be enough
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كَيْفَ وَ مَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ اَعْظَمُ وَ اَدْهَى
kayfa wa mā ba`dal mawti a`ẓamu wa ad-hā
then what about after death greater and much worse?
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مَوْلَايَ يَا مَوْلَايَ حَتَّى مَتَى وَ اِلَى مَتَى
mawlāya yā mawlāya ḥattā matā wa ilā matā
My master O my Master up to when and till when will I say,
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اَقُوْلُ لَكَ الْعُتْبَى مَرَّةً بَعْدَ اُخْرَى
aqūlu lakal `utbā marratan ba`da ukhrā
I am to blame, again and again,
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ثُمَّ لَاتَجِدُ عِنْدِيْ صِدْقًا وَ لَا وَفَاءً
thumma lātajidu `indī ṣidqan wa lā wafā-ā
but then You do not find any truth or loyalty in me?
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فَيَا غَوْثَاهُ ثُمَّ وَاغَوْثَاهُ بِكَ يَا اَللَّهُ
fayā ghawthāhu thumma wāghawthāhu bika yā allāh
I call for help and I call for help, O Allah
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مِنْ هَوًى قَدْ غَلَبَنِيْ
min hawā qad ghalabanī
from desires which have overpowered me
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وَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ قَدْ اِسْتَكْلَبَ عَلَيَّ
wa min `aduwwin qad istaklaba `alayy
and from the enemy which has pounced on me
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وَ مِنْ دُنْيًا قَدْ تَزَيَّنَتْ لِيْ
wa min dunyan qad tazayyanat lī
and from the world which attracts me
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وَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ اَمَّارَةٍ بِالسُّوْءٍ اِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّيْ
wa min nafsin ammāratin bissū-in illā mā raḥima rabbī
and from the soul that leads towards evil except that on which my Lord has mercy [12:53]
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مَوْلَايَ يَا مَوْلَايَ
mawlāya yā mawlāy
My master O my master
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اِنْ كُنْتَ رَحِمْتَ مِثْلِيْ فَارْحَمْنِيْ
in kunta raḥimta mithlī far-ḥamnī
if You have had mercy on the likes of me then have mercy on me
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وَ اِنْ كُنْتَ قَبِلْتَ مِثْلِيْ فَاقْبَلْنِيْ
wa in kunta qabilta mithlī faqbalnī
and if You have accepted from the likes of me then accept from me
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يَا قَابِلَ السَّحَرَةِ اقْبَلْنِيْ
yā qābilas saḥaratiqbalnī
O One Who accepts the early morning prayer accept me,
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يَا مَنْ لَمْ اَزَلْ اَتَعَرَّفُ مِنْهُ الْحُسْنَى
yā man lam azal ata`arrafu minhul ḥusnā
O One who, I still know only good from Him
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يَا مَنْ يُغَذِّيْنِيْ بِاانَّعَمِ صَبَاحًا وَ مَسَاءً
yā man yughadhhīnī bin na`ami ṣabāḥan wa masā-ā
O One who nourishes me with blessings morning and evening
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اِرْحَمْنِيْ يَوْمَ آتِيْكَ فَرْدًا
ir-ḥamnī yawma-ātīka far-dā
have mercy on me when I come to You alone,
23
شَاخِصًا اِلَيْكَ بَصَرِيْ مُقَلِّدًا عَمَلِيْ
shākhiṣan ilayka baṣarī muqallidan `amalī
my glance fixed on You my actions carried on my neck
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قَدْ تَبَرَّأَ جَمِيْعُ الْخَلْقِ مِنِّيْ
qad tabarra-a jamī`ul khalqi minnī
When all of creation will withdraw away from me
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نَعَمْ وَ اَبِيْ وَ اُمِّيْ وَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ كَدِّيْ وَ سَعْيِيْ
na`am wa abī wa ummī wa man kāna lahu kaddī wa sa`yī
yes, even my father and mother and those for whom I worked and struggled
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فَإِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِيْ فَمَنْ يَرْحَمُنِيْ
fa-in lam tar-ḥamnī faman yar-ḥamunī
then if You will not have mercy on me who will have mercy on me
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وَمَنْ يُؤْنِسُ فِيْ الْقَبْرِ وَحْشَتِيْ
waman yu-nisu fil qabri waḥshatī
who will give me solace from the loneliness of the grave
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وَ مَنْ يُنْطِقُ لِسَانِيْ اِذَا خَلَوْتُ بِعَمَلِيْ
wa man yunṭiqu lisānī idhā khalawtu bi`amalī
and who will make me speak when I am alone with my deeds
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وَ سَأَلْتَنِيْ عَمَّا اَنْتَ اَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّيْ
wa sa-altanī `ammā anta a`lamu bihi minnī
and when You will ask me about what You know better than me?
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فَإِنْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَيْنَ الْمَهْرَبُ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ
fa-in qultu na`am fa-aynal mahrabu min `adlik
Then if I say yes [to my sins] where will be the escape from Your Justice?
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وَ اِنْ قُلْتُ لَمْ اَفْعَلْ
wa in qultu lam af`al
And if I say I did not commit it
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قُلْتَ اَلَمْ اَكُنِ الشَّاهِدَ عَلَيْكَ
qulta alam akunish shāhida `alayk
You will say was I not a witness over you?
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فَعَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ قَبْلَ سَرَابِيْلِ الْقَطِرَانَ
fa`afwaka `afwaka yā mawlāya qabla sarābīlil qaṭirān
So [I beseech] Your Forgiveness Your Pardon O my master before the wearing of the clothes of Hell
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عَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ قَبْلَ جَهَنَّمَ وَ النِّيْرَان
`afwaka `afwaka yā mawlāya qabla jahannama wan nīrān
Your Forgiveness Your Pardon O my Master before the Hell and the Fire
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عَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ
`afwaka `afwaka yā mawlāy
Your Forgiveness Your Forgiveness O my Master
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قَبْلَ اَنْ تُغَلَّ الْأَيْدِيْ اِلَى الْاَعْنَاقِ
qabla an tughallal aydī ilal a`nāq
before the hands are tied to the necks
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يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ وَ خَيْرِ الْغَافِرِيْنَ
yā ar-ḥamar rāḥimīna wa khayril ghāfirīn
O the most Merciful and the best of Forgivers
