إِلى اللَهِ فيما نابَنا نَرفَعُ الشَكوى

إِلى اللَهِ فيما نابَنا نَرفَعُ الشَكوى

فَفي يَدِهِ كَشفُ الضَرورَةِ وَالبَلوى

فَفي يَدِهِ كَشفُ الضَرورَةِ وَالبَلوى

To God we raise our complaint over what has befallen us.

To God for what has befallen us we raise complaint

For in His hand lies relief from hardship and affliction.

For in His hand lies the relief of hardship and trial

خَرَجنا مِنَ الدُنيا وَنَحنُ مِنَ اَهلِها

خَرَجنا مِنَ الدُنيا وَنَحنُ مِنَ اَهلِها

فَلَسنا مِنَ الأَحياءِ فيها وَلا المَوتى

فَلَسنا مِنَ الأَحياءِ فيها وَلا المَوتى

We have left the world, though we are among its people.

We have departed from the world while still among its people

So we are neither among the living in it nor among the dead.

Thus we are neither of the living in it nor of the dead

إِذا جاءَنا السَجّانُ يَوماً لِحاجَةٍ

إِذا جاءَنا السَجّانُ يَوماً لِحاجَةٍ

عَجِبنا وَقُلنا جاءَ هذا مِنَ الدُنيا

عَجِبنا وَقُلنا جاءَ هذا مِنَ الدُنيا

When the jailer comes to us one day on an errand,

When the guard comes to us one day for a need

We marvel and say, 'This man has come from the world.'

We are surprised and say he came from the world

وَنَفرَحُ بِالرُؤيا فَجُلَّ حَديثِنا

وَنَفرَحُ بِالرُؤيا فَجُلَّ حَديثِنا

إِذا نَحنُ أَصبَحنا الحَديثُ عَنِ الرُؤيا

إِذا نَحنُ أَصبَحنا الحَديثُ عَنِ الرُؤيا

And we rejoice in dreams, for most of our talk

And we rejoice in the dream, most of our talk

When morning comes is talk of dreams.

Is when we become, our talk is of the dream

فَإِن حَسُنَت لَم تَأتِ عَجلى وَأَبطَأَت

فَإِن حَسُنَت لَم تَأتِ عَجلى وَأَبطَأَت

وَإِن قَبُحَت لَم تَحتَبِس وَأَتَت عَجلى

وَإِن قَبُحَت لَم تَحتَبِس وَأَتَت عَجلى

For if a dream is good, it comes not in haste, but is delayed;

If it is good, it does not come hastily but delays

And if it is bad, it does not tarry, but comes in haste.

And if it is ugly, it does not tarry but comes hastily