يا رَبِّ إِنَّ القَومَ قَد ظَلَموني

وَبِلا اِقتِرافِ مُعَطِّلٍ حَبَسوني

O Lord! The people have wronged me,

O Lord, indeed the people have wronged me,

And imprisoned me without any fault.

And without the commission of a heresy, they imprisoned me.

وَإِلى الجُحودِ بِما عَلَيهِ طَوِيَّتي

رَبّي إِلَيكَ بِكِذبِهِم نَسَبوني

And because of my humility they have falsely attributed lies to me.

And to the denial of the faith my soul enfolds,

My Lord! Only to you I complain of their lies.

My Lord, concerning You, they have falsely accused me.

ما كانَ إِلّا الجَريُ في مَيدانِهِم

في كُلِّ خِزيٍ وَالمَجانَةُ ديني

I was but running in their field,

It was only a race within their own arena,

Branded with infamy which is my faith.

In every disgrace, where shamelessness was my creed.

لا العُذرُ يُقبَلُ لي وَيَفرَقُ شاهِدي

مِنهُم وَلا يَرضَونَ حَلفَ يَميني

No excuse of mine will be accepted, nor will my witnesses make any difference,

No excuse of mine is accepted, and my witness fears,

Nor will they be pleased with my oaths.

Them, nor are they satisfied with my sworn oath.

ما كانَ لَو يَدرونَ أَوَّلَ مَخبَإٍ

في دارِ مَنقَصَةٍ وَمَنزِلِ هونِ

Had they known my first abode

It would not be—if they but knew—the first hiding place,

Was in a house of disgrace and humiliation -

In a house of vice and a dwelling of disgrace.

أَمّا الأَمينُ فَلَستُ أَرجو دَفعَهُ

عَنّي فَمَن لي اليَومَ بِالمَأمونِ

As for the trusted one, I do not expect him

As for Al-Amin, I do not hope for his defense,

To defend me, so who do I have today that I can trust?

Of me; so who will bring me Al-Ma'mun today?