يا رَبِّ ضاقَ الأَمرُ وَاِشتَدَّ الفَزَعْ

وَهالَنا مِنَ البَلايا ما وَقَعْ

O Lord, affairs have become straitened and distress intense,

And we have been overwhelmed by calamities that have befallen.

وَجاشَت الأَنفُسُ مِن فَرطِ الجَزَعْ

وَخانَها إِلّا إِلَيكَ المُطَّلَعْ

The souls have been turbulent due to intense grief,

And none is revealed to except You.

وَهَل لَها دونَكَ مَولىً يُنتَجَعْ

إِذا وَهَى حَبلُ الرَجاءِ فَاِنقَطَعْ

And who else can be their protector besides You,

When the rope of hope has broken?

إِنَّ العَدُوَّ راعَنا بِما صَنَعْ

فَأَعوَزَ الأَمنُ النُفوسَ وَاِمتَنَعْ

Indeed the enemy has frightened us with what he has done,

So safety has become scarce for souls and difficult.

يا رَبِّ فَرِّق مِن قُواهُ ما جَمَعْ

O Lord, disperse what he has gathered of his strength.