دَعَوتُ اللَهُ أَن تَسمو وَتَعلُوَ

دَعَوتُ اللَهُ أَن تَسمو وَتَعلُوَ

لِيَذهَبَ في زَمانِكُم عَنائي

لِيَذهَبَ في زَمانِكُم عَنائي

I prayed to God that you might rise and soar,

I prayed to God that you may rise and ascend

So that my suffering might cease in your time.

So my troubles may vanish in your time

فَلَم يَلبَث مَقامُكَ إِن تَعالى

فَلَم يَلبَث مَقامُكَ إِن تَعالى

عُلُوَّ النَجمِ في أُفقِ الضِياءِ

عُلُوَّ النَجمِ في أُفقِ الضِياءِ

And your station was quick to rise

Yet no sooner did you rise to the heights

To the star's height on the horizon of light.

Than the star in the glowing horizon

فَلَمّا أَن عَلَوتَ بَعُدتَ عَنّي

فَلَمّا أَن عَلَوتَ بَعُدتَ عَنّي

وَأَذهَلَكَ التَرَفُّعُ عَن وَلائي

وَأَذهَلَكَ التَرَفُّعُ عَن وَلائي

But when you rose, you grew distant from me,

When you rose aloft you drifted away from me

And haughtiness made you forget my loyalty.

And being aloof made you forget my allegiance

وَإِذا حُزتَ القُبولَ وَخابَ خَطّي

وَإِذا حُزتَ القُبولَ وَخابَ خَطّي

فَكانَ إِذا عَلى نَفسي دُعائي

فَكانَ إِذا عَلى نَفسي دُعائي

And when you won acceptance and my writing failed,

Now though spurned, still my hopes do not faded

My prayer, then, was against myself.

For my prayers are still for my own soul