وَثَقيلِ ذاتٍ جاءَني

وَثَقيلِ ذاتٍ جاءَني

لَم أَستَطِع أَن أَدفَعا

لَم أَستَطِع أَن أَدفَعا

And a fellow tiresome by nature came to me;

With a heavy self it came to me

I could not drive him away.

I could not repel

رَبّي اِكفِني مِن شَرِّهِ

رَبّي اِكفِني مِن شَرِّهِ

وَإِلَيهِ أَرسِلْ مِدفَعا

وَإِلَيهِ أَرسِلْ مِدفَعا

My Lord, protect me from his evil,

My Lord, protect me from its evil

and send a cannon his way.

And against it send a cannon