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I am in confusion and worry,

أصبحت في حيرة وهم

1. I am in confusion and worry,
Between Egypt and my understanding.

١. أَصبَحتُ في حَيرَةٍ وَهمِّ
ما بين مصرٍ وَبين فهمي

2. This one calls out in distress,
Seeking respite from my condition and cure for my illness.

٢. هذي تُنادي نِداءَ عانٍ
تَلافَ أَمرى وَداوِ سُقمى

3. While that one hopes for an empty hope,
With harmful intentions towards me.

٣. وَذاكَ يَرجو رجاءَ خلٍّ
لهُ أيادٍ علىَّ تهمى

4. Let it call out whatever it calls out,
And be steadfast in my path and my way.

٤. دعَها تُنادي بما تُنادي
وَكُن عَلى خُطَّتي وَرَسمي

5. For peace is a lesson, and I have learned
The harms of peace, how it protects.

٥. فَالسِلمُ دَرسٌ وقد عَلِما
مَغبَّةَ السِلمِ كيف تحمي

6. O Lord, by the Virgin's son, give me strength
And weigh my status and purify my name.

٦. يا رَبِّ باِبنِ البَتولِ حُطنى
وَزِن مقامي وطهِّرِ اسمى

7. For if I justify my emptiness,
I have undoubtedly disobeyed the best of mothers.

٧. فَإِنَّني إن بَرَرتُ خلّي
عَقَقتُ لا شَكَّ خير أمِّ