1. الله أعلى وأعلم

    بما جرى وهو أحكم

    God is Most High and knows best

    what has happened, and He is wisest.

  2. لقد طرت لي أمور

    من مثلها يتوجم

    Things have indeed befallen me,

    the like of which leaves one dismayed.

  3. بليت من كل نذل

    بذمنا متهجم

    I have been afflicted by every vile man,

    who brazenly attacks us with disparagement,

  4. على القبيح بلفظ

    من المحال يترجم

    bent on foulness, with words

    that give voice to falsehood.

  5. يغتابني ثم يبدو

    بوجهه يتبسم

    He backbites me, then appears

    with a smile upon his face.

  6. ويستبيح لعرضي

    ليزدريه ويثلم

    And he treats my honor as fair game,

    to scorn it and tarnish it.

  7. يا رب أنت بصير

    وأنت بالغيب أعلم

    O Lord, You are all-seeing,

    and You know the unseen best.

  8. إني على الفحش ناء

    متقشف متبرم

    Indeed, I am far above obscenity,

    austere and vexed.

  9. وإن من رام صنع ال

    جميل مع غير مسلم

    And indeed, whoever seeks to do

    a kindness to a non-Muslim

  10. يكون هذا جزاه

    من كل نغل ومجرم

    will have this as his recompense

    from every bastard and criminal.