شدتي أعظم شدَّهْ

لا تريح القلبَ مُدَّهْ

My hardship is the greatest hardship

It does not give the heart any rest

كل يومٍ لي حديثٌ

همتي تقصرُ عنده

Every day I have new troubles

My worries fall short before it

وهمومٌ تتناسى

شكرَ مولاي وحمده

And there are cares that are forgotten

Giving thanks and praise to my Lord

فأنا في الدهر وحدي

وعدوي الدهرُ وحده

So I am alone in this life

With only time as my enemy

من يقيني من عدوٍّ

عن وَلاه ليس بُدَّهْ

Who will protect me from an enemy

Other than the One to whom all turn?

أي يومٍ يا إلهي

يبلغ المهمومُ رشده

Oh my God, which day

Will the worried one attain maturity?

فاهتمامي مستعدٌّ

وهمومي مستعده

So my concerns are ready

And my worries are prepared

وخطوبٌ وشقاءٌ

حدُّها يشحذ حده

Disasters and misery

Whose limit sharpens its edge

كلما قلنا استرحنا

جاءني أعظمُ شِدّة

Whenever we say we will rest

The greatest intensity comes upon me

وأعزُّ الناس عندي

صرتُ أشقاهمُ عنده

And the dearest people to me

I have become the most wretched to them

وأخٍ لي في البلايا

كان لي باللَه عُدَّه

I had a brother in afflictions

By God, he was a comfort to me

راح عني وهو ضدي

ثم إني رحت ضِدَّه

He left me though he was my support

Then I went against him

حرت مما قد دهاني

شكوتي للَه وحده

I am confused by what has afflicted me

I complain only to God