أشكو إليكُمْ ذِلَّةَ العَزْلِ

أشكو إليكُمْ ذِلَّةَ العَزْلِ

يا صُوَر الإحسانِ والعَدْلِ

يا صُوَر الإحسانِ والعَدْلِ

I complain to you of the humiliation of dismissal,

I complain to you of the humiliation of isolation

O embodiments of benevolence and justice.

O icons of benevolence and justice

دُهِيتُ في نُصْرَةِ أيّامِكُمْ

دُهِيتُ في نُصْرَةِ أيّامِكُمْ

بالعَزْلِ والعَزلُ أخو الأَزْلِ

بالعَزْلِ والعَزلُ أخو الأَزْلِ

While championing your days, I was afflicted

I was confounded in aiding your days

with dismissal—and dismissal is the brother of destitution.

With isolation, and isolation is the brother of weakness

أُدرِجْتُ في أثناءِ نِسيانِكُمْ

أُدرِجْتُ في أثناءِ نِسيانِكُمْ

حتَّى كأنِّي ألِفُ الوَصلِ

حتَّى كأنِّي ألِفُ الوَصلِ

I was tucked into the folds of your forgetfulness,

I was relegated amidst your forgetfulness

until I was like the alif elided in connected speech.

As if I was accustomed to connection