لَو جاءَني المَظلوم يَوما يَشتَكي

لَو جاءَني المَظلوم يَوما يَشتَكي

من مستبد سامه الارهاقا

من مستبد سامه الارهاقا

If one day the oppressed came to me to complain

If the wronged man came to me one day complaining

If the oppressed came to me one day complaining

of a tyrant who had subjected him to exhaustion,

of a tyrant who had inflicted hardship on him,

Of a tyrant who overwhelmed him with exhaustion

ما كنتَ الا ذلك القلب الَّذي

ما كنتَ الا ذلك القلب الَّذي

لا يعرف التَخفيف والاشفاقا

لا يعرف التَخفيف والاشفاقا

you would be nothing but that heart which

you would be nothing but that heart which

I would be nothing but that heart

knows neither relief nor compassion,

knows neither relief nor compassion,

That knows no leniency or sympathy

مستبشعا شكواه اذ قد تجلب الش

مستبشعا شكواه اذ قد تجلب الش

كوى الى مشروعه الاخفاقا

كوى الى مشروعه الاخفاقا

abhorring his grievance, since a com-

deeming his complaint abhorrent, since the com-

I would find his complaint abhorrent, for complaining

plaint may bring his undertaking to failure.

plaint might bring failure to his project.

Only brings failure upon his endeavor