Yā Ilāhī (Fī Laylatin min al-Layālī)

– verse 2–

عَصَيْتُ وَالذَّنْبُ كَبِيرْ
وَإِنِّي فِي حُزْنِي أَسِيرْ
مُقَيَّدٌ بِذَنْبِي يَا رَبّ
فَهَلْ أَسْتَحِقُّ يَا
إِلَٰهِي الْعَفْوَ مُجْرِمَا
مُقِرٌّ بِالذُّنُوبِ، يَا إِلَٰهِي

‘Aṣaytu wadh–dhanbu kabeer
wa innee fee ḥuznee aseer
muqayyadun bi-dhanbee yaa Rabb
Fa hal astaḥiqqu yaa
ilaahil–‘afwa mujrimaa
muqirrun bidh–dhunoobi
Yaa ilaahee!

I disobeyed, and the sin is grave.
In my sorrow, I am a captive,
shackled by my sin, O Lord!
How can I deserve, O God of mine,
Your forgiveness, as a criminal
confessing my sins.
O God of mine!

– verse 3–

أَنْتَ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَنِي
رَحِمْتَنِي وَرَزَقْتَنِي
دَوْمًا يَا رَبِّ قَدْ كُنْتَ مَعِي
لٰكِنَّنِي نَأَيْتُ عَنْكْ
نَسِيتُ مَا قَدْ كَانَ لَكْ
وَسِرْتُ فِي طَرِيقِي، يَا إِلَٰهِي

Antal–ladhee khalaqtanee
raḥimtanee wa razaqtanee
dawman yaa Rabbi qad kunta ma‘ee
Laakinnanee na’aytu ‘ank
naseetu maa qad kaana lak
wa sirtu fee ṭareeqee
Yaa ilaahee!

You are the One Who created me,
Who has mercy on me, and provides for me.
O Lord, You have always been with me.
But I distanced myself from You,
I forgot what was due unto You,
and I walked astray on my own path,
O God of mine!

– verse 4 –

وَالْيَوْمَ يَا رَبِّ أَعُودْ
مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ خَلْفَ الْحُدُودْ
فَالْقَلْبُ مُنْكَسِرٌ وَطَرْفِي حَائِرْ
وَأَنَا الْغَرِيقُ فَلَا أَرَى
إِلَّا سِوَاكَ لِي مُنْقِذَا
لَا مَلْجَأ وَلَا مَنْجَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، يَا إِلَٰهِي

Wal–yawma yaa Rabbi a‘ood
min ẓulmatin khalfal–ḥudood
fal-qalbu munkasirun wa ṭarfee ḥaa’ir
Wa anal–ghareequ fa laa araa
illaa siwaak lee munqidhaa
laa malja’a wa laa manjaa illaa Anta
Yaa ilaahee!

Today, O my Lord, I return,
from the darkness beyond Your boundaries.
My heart is broken; I look around, but I’m lost.
I am drowning, and I see no one
who can rescue me but You.
There is no refuge and no deliverance except You,
O God of mine!