نصال الحادِثات لَهُنّ فَتكُ

نصال الحادِثات لَهُنّ فَتكُ

بِنا وَنِضالها أَخذ وَتَركُ

بِنا وَنِضالها أَخذ وَتَركُ

The arrowheads of calamities deal deadly blows

The swords of events, their blows

to us; their volleys take and spare.

Strike us, and the struggle takes and leaves.

فَها أَنا عَبدكم وَالعَيش ضَنكُ

فَها أَنا عَبدكم وَالعَيش ضَنكُ

أَبثّ لَدَيكُم حزني وَأَشكو

أَبثّ لَدَيكُم حزني وَأَشكو

So here I am, your servant, and life is hard.

So here I am, your slave, with a constricted life,

I pour out my sorrow before you and complain

I pour out my sorrow before you and complain

إِلَيكُم يا رِجال الغَيب عسري

إِلَيكُم يا رِجال الغَيب عسري

دُهيتُ بِحادثٍ لِلعَقل أذهل

دُهيتُ بِحادثٍ لِلعَقل أذهل

to you, O men of the unseen, of my hardship.

To you, O men of the unseen, of my hardship.

I was struck by a calamity that bewildered the mind

I was confounded by an event that dazzled reason

وَأَعجَم قِصَّتي وَالحال أَهمل

وَأَعجَم قِصَّتي وَالحال أَهمل

فَقُمت بِبابكم لِلفَضل أَسأل

فَقُمت بِبابكم لِلفَضل أَسأل

and made my story unintelligible, leaving my plight neglected.

And rendered my tale incoherent and the situation dire.

So I stood at your door, asking for favor.

So I stood at your door to ask favor

وَمِنكُم أَرتَجي الإِسعاف ثُمَّ ال

وَمِنكُم أَرتَجي الإِسعاف ثُمَّ ال

مَعونَةَ وَالنَوال وَجَبر كسري

مَعونَةَ وَالنَوال وَجَبر كسري

And from you I hope for relief, then the

And from you I hope for succor, and then

assistance, bounty, and mending of my brokenness.

Aid, and gifts, and the mending of my breakage.