أَلَيسَ صَعباً أَن تَرى كاشِحاً

أَلَيسَ صَعباً أَن تَرى كاشِحاً

مالَكَ بُدٌّ مِن مُداراتِهِ

مالَكَ بُدٌّ مِن مُداراتِهِ

Is it not hard to see a spiteful foe

Is it not hard to see a tyrant

whom you have no choice but to placate?

You have no choice but to endure his orbits

أَصبَحتُ في دارِ إِساءاتِهِ

أَصبَحتُ في دارِ إِساءاتِهِ

أَعُدُّ أَنفاسي وَساعاتِهِ

أَعُدُّ أَنفاسي وَساعاتِهِ

I now dwell in the house of his abuses;

I have come to reside in the house of his wrongdoings

I count my breaths and his hours.

I count my breaths and his hours