By ابن علوي الحداد

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me,
From both my questions and choices

My prayer and supplication both are,
A witness to my utter need,

By this secret do I supplicate,
In both my ease and hardship,

I am a slave who has become proud,
In his poverty and compulsion

O my Lord and my King,
You are aware of how my state is,

And of what settled in my heart,
From worries and preoccupations,

So restore me with grace,
From You O Master of masters!

O Most Generous One save me,
Before my patience ceases to be,

O Swift in granting aid! Do it now,
From you it will reach me swiftly,

Vanquishing all difficulty and bringing,
Whatever I hope for entirely,

O Most Near! O Responder!
O All-Knowing! O All-Hearing!

I have realized my incapacity,
My lowliness and utter brokenness,

I never stop standing by Your door,
So have mercy my Lord upon my standing,

And by the valley of grace I cling,
so O Lord make my devotion everlasting!

And of good opinion I am binded,
For He is my Close Friend and my Ally,

And my Companion and Sitting Partner,
Throughout both night and day,

This need in my soul O Lord,
Fulfill it O Best of those who do!

And ease both my secret and heart,
From its fire and blazes both,

In happiness and in joy both,
And what You are pleased in,

Then bliss and expansion are my state,
My slogan and my covering both,

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me,
From both my questions and choices,

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