إِلَهَنا الحَقَّ خَفِّف وَاِشفِ مِن وَصَبٍ

إِلَهَنا الحَقَّ خَفِّف وَاِشفِ مِن وَصَبٍ

فَإِنَّها دارُ أَثقالٍ وَآلامِ

فَإِنَّها دارُ أَثقالٍ وَآلامِ

O our true God, grant relief and heal us of affliction,

Our true God, relieve and heal our wounds

For it is an abode of burdens and pains.

For this is a world of burdens and pains

يَسِّر عَلَينا رَحيلاً لا يُلَبِّثُنا

يَسِّر عَلَينا رَحيلاً لا يُلَبِّثُنا

إِلى الحَفائِرِ مِن أَهلٍ وَأَخلامِ

إِلى الحَفائِرِ مِن أَهلٍ وَأَخلامِ

Make easy for us a departure that does not keep us lingering,

Make easy for us the departure that takes us not long

To the grave-pits, away from kin and close friends.

To the graves, away from family and friends

وَجازِنا عَن خَطايانا بِمَغفِرَةٍ

وَجازِنا عَن خَطايانا بِمَغفِرَةٍ

فَكَم حَلُمتَ وَلَسنا أَهلَ أَحلامِ

فَكَم حَلُمتَ وَلَسنا أَهلَ أَحلامِ

And recompense us for our sins with forgiveness,

And pardon us for our sins with forgiveness

For often You have been forbearing, though we deserve no forbearance.

For how patient You have been when we are not deserving

قَد أَسلَمَ الرَجُلُ النُصرانُ مُرتَغَباً

قَد أَسلَمَ الرَجُلُ النُصرانُ مُرتَغَباً

وَلَيسَ ذَلِكَ مِن حُبٍّ لِإِسلامِ

وَلَيسَ ذَلِكَ مِن حُبٍّ لِإِسلامِ

The Christian man has embraced Islam, seeking advantage,

The Christian man has turned Muslim, tempted

And that is not out of love for Islam.

Not out of love for Islam

وَإِنَّما رامَ عِزّاً في مَعيشَتِهِ

وَإِنَّما رامَ عِزّاً في مَعيشَتِهِ

أَو خافَ ضَربَةَ ماضي الحَدِّ قَلّامِ

أَو خافَ ضَربَةَ ماضي الحَدِّ قَلّامِ

Rather, he sought only prestige in his livelihood,

But he sought honor in his livelihood

Or feared a blow from a keen-edged, severing sword.

Or feared the lash of the past, the unforgiving

أَو شاءَ تَزويجَ مِثلِ الظَبيِ مُعلَمَةٍ

أَو شاءَ تَزويجَ مِثلِ الظَبيِ مُعلَمَةٍ

لِلناظِرينَ بِأَسوارٍ وَعُلّامِ

لِلناظِرينَ بِأَسوارٍ وَعُلّامِ

Or wished to marry a woman like a gazelle, adorned

Or desired to marry, like a gazelle, a trained

For onlookers with bracelets and henna.

Beauty for viewers, over walls and signs

قَد حاوَلَ الناسُ رِزقَ اللَهِ فَاِبتَكَروا

قَد حاوَلَ الناسُ رِزقَ اللَهِ فَاِبتَكَروا

مُجاهِدينَ بِأَرقاحٍ وَأَقلامِ

مُجاهِدينَ بِأَرقاحٍ وَأَقلامِ

People have sought God's provision and set out early,

People have sought the sustenance of God, so they invented

Striving through gainful work and with pens.

Ways, struggling with scrolls and pens

نَرجو مِنَ اللَهِ رَحباً إِثرَ ضَيِّقَةٍ

نَرجو مِنَ اللَهِ رَحباً إِثرَ ضَيِّقَةٍ

مِنَ الأُمورِ وَنوراً بَعدَ إِظلامِ

مِنَ الأُمورِ وَنوراً بَعدَ إِظلامِ

We hope from God for spaciousness after constraint

We hope for expansiveness from God after constraint

In our affairs, and for light after darkness.

In matters, and light after darkness

لَهُ المَمالِكُ قَد بانَت دَلائِلُها

لَهُ المَمالِكُ قَد بانَت دَلائِلُها

لِلمُفَكِّرينَ بِراياتٍ وَأَعلامِ

لِلمُفَكِّرينَ بِراياتٍ وَأَعلامِ

His are the kingdoms; their signs have become clear

To Him belong the kingdoms, their signs are manifest

To those who reflect, through banners and standards.

To the thinkers, with flags and banners

وَالحَظُّ مِن غَيرِ سَعيٍ مِن مَواهِبِهِ

وَالحَظُّ مِن غَيرِ سَعيٍ مِن مَواهِبِهِ

كَأَنَّها ضَربُ أَيسارٍ بِأَزلامِ

كَأَنَّها ضَربُ أَيسارٍ بِأَزلامِ

And fortune without striving is among His gifts,

And the fortune without effort, from His gifts

As though they were gamblers' drawing of lots with arrows.

As if it were a drawing of lots with tokens

وَيحٌ لِجيلِيَ وَالأَجيالِ إِن بُعِثوا

وَيحٌ لِجيلِيَ وَالأَجيالِ إِن بُعِثوا

إِلى حِسابِ قَديمِ اللُطفِ عَلّامِ

إِلى حِسابِ قَديمِ اللُطفِ عَلّامِ

Woe to my generation and the generations, if they are resurrected

Woe to my generation and those to come, if resurrected

To the reckoning of the ever-kind, all-knowing One,

To the judgment of the ancient Lord, the All-Knowing

مُحصي الجَرائِمِ فَعّالِ العَظائِمِ نَص

مُحصي الجَرائِمِ فَعّالِ العَظائِمِ نَص

ارِ الهَضائِمِ جازٍ غَيرِ ظَلّامِ

ارِ الهَضائِمِ جازٍ غَيرِ ظَلّامِ

Counter of crimes, doer of mighty deeds, redresser

The Enumerator of sins, Doer of great deeds, Protector of the weak

Of wrongs, requiting and never unjust.

Supporter of the downtrodden, the Just without unfairness