يا بَحرُ إِنّا وَقَد جَدَّ الغَليلُ بِنا

يا بَحرُ إِنّا وَقَد جَدَّ الغَليلُ بِنا

مِن يَومِ بَينِكَ مَقذوفونَ في اللجَجِ

مِن يَومِ بَينِكَ مَقذوفونَ في اللجَجِ

O sea, we—with burning thirst now raging within us—

O sea, we are indeed exhausted

have been hurled into the depths since the day of your departure.

Since the day we were cast into your surging waves

ما أَنتَ حوشيتَ تَحتَ التُربِ في حَرَجٍ

ما أَنتَ حوشيتَ تَحتَ التُربِ في حَرَجٍ

بَل نَحنُ وَاللَهِ فَوقَ التُربِ في حَرَجِ

بَل نَحنُ وَاللَهِ فَوقَ التُربِ في حَرَجِ

You are not—may you be spared—in distress beneath the earth;

You are not constrained, buried beneath the soil

rather, by God, we above the earth are in distress.

Rather we, by Allah, are above the soil, constrained

تَبكي عَلَيكَ عُيونٌ أَنتَ قُرَّتُها

تَبكي عَلَيكَ عُيونٌ أَنتَ قُرَّتُها

وَما قَضى الحَقُّ باكي البَحرُ بِالخُلجِ

وَما قَضى الحَقُّ باكي البَحرُ بِالخُلجِ

Eyes weep for you; you are their delight.

Eyes weep for you, you are their comfort

And one who weeps for the sea with streams has not given it its due.

Yet the Truth has not decreed the sea to cry in stillness

في كُلِّ شدَّةِ دَهرٍ لَم تَزَل فَرَجاً

في كُلِّ شدَّةِ دَهرٍ لَم تَزَل فَرَجاً

فَأَعظَمَ اللَهُ أَجرَ الناسِ في الفَرَجِ

فَأَعظَمَ اللَهُ أَجرَ الناسِ في الفَرَجِ

In every hardship of time, you never ceased to be a relief.

In every tightness of time, you remain relief

So may God magnify the people's reward for the loss of their relief.

So may Allah increase the reward of people in relief