يَومَ كُنا نَقول عاكَسنا الده

يَومَ كُنا نَقول عاكَسنا الده

رُ وَجَدنا مِن صحبنا مَن يَلوم

رُ وَجَدنا مِن صحبنا مَن يَلوم

When we used to say, 'Fate has thwarted us,'

The day we said the time has turned against us

we found among our companions those who blamed us.

We found among our friends some who blame

فَيَقولون اِتّق اللَه وَاِقنَع

فَيَقولون اِتّق اللَه وَاِقنَع

كَم تَظلّمت طامِعاً يا ظَلومُ

كَم تَظلّمت طامِعاً يا ظَلومُ

So they would say, 'Fear God and be content!

They say, fear Allah and be content

How often you have complained, full of greed, you wrongdoer!

How much have you been wronged, o oppressor

هَذِهِ نُزهة وَأَنتَ تَراها

هَذِهِ نُزهة وَأَنتَ تَراها

كُلَ يَومٍ فَما عَساكَ تَرومُ

كُلَ يَومٍ فَما عَساكَ تَرومُ

Here is Nuzha, and you see her

This is an outing, and you see it

every day—what could you be seeking?'

Every day, so what more could you want

وَيحَهُم لَو يَرون ما صَنَعَ الده

وَيحَهُم لَو يَرون ما صَنَعَ الده

ر لَقالوا معذب مَشئوم

ر لَقالوا معذب مَشئوم

Woe to them! If they saw what fate had done,

Woe to them, if they saw what time has done

they would say, 'Tormented and ill-fated!'

They would say, tormented, ill-fated

كُنتُ أَرجو لَو أَن نزهة أَضحت

كُنتُ أَرجو لَو أَن نزهة أَضحت

في مَكان قَد كُنتُ فيهِ أُقيم

في مَكان قَد كُنتُ فيهِ أُقيم

I had hoped that Nuzha might come to be

I had hoped that if an outing lasted

in a place where I had been living.

In a place where I once stayed

لَم يَكُن ما رَجَوتُ حَتّى تَرحّل

لَم يَكُن ما رَجَوتُ حَتّى تَرحّل

تُ فَمَن ظالم وَمَن مَظلومُ

تُ فَمَن ظالم وَمَن مَظلومُ

What I hoped for did not happen until I departed—

What I hoped for did not happen until you left

so who is the wrongdoer, and who the wronged?

So who is the oppressor, and who the oppressed