إِلَيكَ إلهَ العَرشِ أَشكُو تَضَرُّعاً

وَأدعُوكَ في الضَّرَّاءِ رَبِّي لِتَسمَعَا

To You, God of the Throne, I complain pleading

And call upon You in hardship, my Lord, that You may listen

وَكَم دَمَّرُوا مِن مَربَع كَانَ آهِلاً

فَقَد تَرَكُوا الدارَ الأَنِيسَة بَلقَعا

How much they destroyed a populated city

They left the friendly home desolated

فَأَصبَحَتِ الأَموَالُ فِيهم نَهَائِباً

وَأصبَحَتِ الأَيتَامُ غَرثَى وَجُوَّعَا

So properties became among them prey

And orphans became disheveled and starved

وَفرَّ عَنِ الأَوطَانِ مَن كَانَ قَاطِناً

وفُرِّقَ إِلفٌ كَانض مُجتَمِعاً مَعَا

And those who lived in homelands fled

And fellowship that gathered together dispersed

مَضَوا وانقَضَت أيَّامُهُم حِينَ أَورَثُوا

ثَنَاءً وذِكراً طَيِّباً قَد تَضَوَّعَا

They passed away and their days ended when they inherited

Praise and good memory that became well known

فَجازَاهُم الله الكَرِيمُ بِفَضلِهِ

جِنَاناً ورَضواناً منَ الله أَرفَعَا

So God, the Generous, rewarded them for their virtue

With gardens and pleasure from God most high

فَإن كَانَتِ الأشبَاحُ مِنَّا تَبَاعَدَت

فَإنَّ لأَروَاحِ المُحِبِّينَ مَجمَعَا

And if spirits among us grew apart

The souls of lovers still unite

عَسَى وَعَسَى أَن يُنصُرَ الله دِينَنَأ

وَيَجبُرَ مِنَّا كُلَّ مَا قَد تَصَدَّعَا

Perhaps, perhaps God will help our religion

And mend all that has cracked among us

وَيَعمُرَ لِلسَّمحَا رُبُوعاً تَهَدَّمَت

وَيَفتَحَ سُبلا لِلهدايَة مَهيَعَا

And rebuild ruins for the tolerant

And open ways to guidance that give access

وَيُظهِرَ نُورَ الحَقِّ يَعلُو ضِيَاءُه

فَيُضحِي ظَلاَمُ الشّركِ وَالشَّكِّ مُقشِعَا

And show the light of truth, its glow ascending

So the darkness of polytheism and doubt yield, dissipating

إلهِي فَحَقِّق ذا الرَّجَاءَ وَكُن بِنَا

رَؤُوفاً رَحِيماً مُستَجِيباً لَنَا الدُّعَا

My God, fulfill this hope and be with us

Compassionate, Merciful, answering our prayer

أَلاَ أيُّهَا الإِخوَانُ صَبراً فَإنَّني

أرى الصبر للمقدور خيراً وأنفعا

Oh brothers, patience, patience, for I see

Patience for what is destined is best and most useful

وَلاَ تَيأسُوا مِن كَشفِ مانابَ إنَّهُ

إذَا شَاء رَبِّي كَشفَ ذَاكَ تَمَزَّعَا

And do not despair of relief from what has afflicted

When my Lord wills it, He will remove what has torn

وَمَا قُلتُ ذَا أشكُو إِلَى الخَلقَ نكبةً

وَلاَ جَزَعاً مِمَّا أصَابَ فَأفجَعَا

I did not say this complaining to people of calamity

Or panicking at what has saddened and distressed

فما كَانَ هذا الأمرُ إلاَّ بِقُدرَةٍ

بِهَا قَهَرَ الله الخَلاَئِقَ أجمَعَا

For this matter was only by God's power

With which He subdued all creatures

وَذَالِكَ عَن ذَنبٍ وَعِصيَانِ خَالِقٍ

أَخَذنَا بِهِ حِيناً فَحِيناً لنرجعا

That was for a sin and disobeying the Creator

Which He seized us for, time and again, that we may return

وَقَد آنَ أَن نرجُو رِضَاهُ وعَفوَهُ

وأَن نَعرِفَ التَّقصِيرَ مِنَّا فَنُقلِعَا

And it is time we hope for His approval and pardon

And recognize our shortcomings, that we may desist

فَيَا مُحسِناً قَد كُنتَ تُحسِنُ دَائِماً

وَيَا وَاسِعاً قَد كانَ عَفوُكَ أَوسَعَا

O You who always did good, generously

O You whose pardon was most ample

نَعُوذً بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِن سُوءِ صُنعِنَا

فَإنَّ لنَا في العَفوِ مِنكَ لَمطمَعَا

We seek refuge in You, O God, from our misdeeds

For in Your pardon we still have hope

أَغِثنَا أَغِثنَا وَادفَعِ الشِّدَّةَ الَّتي

أَصَابَت وَصَابت وَاكشِفِ الضُّرَّ وارفَعَا

Help us, help us, and repel the adversity that

Has struck, and uncover the harm and lift it away