أَشُدُّ رَأْسي وَوَسْطي في المَحَارَةِ مِن

أَشُدُّ رَأْسي وَوَسْطي في المَحَارَةِ مِن

هَزٍّ لها فَكأَني قصُّ كانِ

هَزٍّ لها فَكأَني قصُّ كانِ

I bind my head and waist in the litter because of

I bow my head and waist in devotion more than

Its jolting, so I seem like “qaṣṣ kān” (unclear in the supplied text).

a waving branch, as if I were an arched bow of cane.

فَأَسأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ العَرْشِ يُبْدِلُني

فَأَسأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ العَرْشِ يُبْدِلُني

مِن المحَارَةِ تَسرِيحاً بإحسانِ

مِن المحَارَةِ تَسرِيحاً بإحسانِ

So I ask God, Lord of the Throne, to grant me instead

So I ask Allah, Lord of the Throne, to grant me

A kindly release from the litter.

release from devotion with kindness and grace.