أرى الأيامَ تُمعِنُ في عِنادي

أرى الأيامَ تُمعِنُ في عِنادي

وتُنْحِي بالملمّاتِ الصعابِ

وتُنْحِي بالملمّاتِ الصعابِ

I see the days persist in opposing me,

I see the days persist in defying me

And assail me with grievous calamities.

And afflict me with unending tribulations

فلا مولىً يُصيخُ إِلى نِدائي

فلا مولىً يُصيخُ إِلى نِدائي

ولا خِلٌّ يَرِقُّ لسوءِ ما بي

ولا خِلٌّ يَرِقُّ لسوءِ ما بي

So no patron gives ear to my call,

So there is no protector who responds to my call

Nor does a friend pity the misery I suffer.

Nor a friend who cares for my woeful state

ولو أنّي دعوتُ بحالتَيْها

ولو أنّي دعوتُ بحالتَيْها

معينَ المُلْكِ لم أُبطِئْ جوابي

معينَ المُلْكِ لم أُبطِئْ جوابي

Yet if, in both their states, I called upon

If I had called out to the helper of kings

Mu‘in al-Mulk, I would not wait long for an answer.

I would not have delayed the response

عسى الأيامُ تُطْلِعُه علينا

عسى الأيامُ تُطْلِعُه علينا

طلوعَ الشمسِ من خَللِ السَّحَابِ

طلوعَ الشمسِ من خَللِ السَّحَابِ

May the days make him rise over us,

Perhaps the days will show us

As the sun rises through gaps in the clouds,

The rising of the sun through the clouds' gaps

فنكرعُ في مواردِه الطَّوامِي

فنكرعُ في مواردِه الطَّوامِي

ونسرحُ في مراتعِه الرِّحابِ

ونسرحُ في مراتعِه الرِّحابِ

So we may drink deep at his overflowing watering places,

So we can graze in his abundant meadows

And roam freely in his spacious pastures.

And roam freely in his vast lands