وَعَصرِ الرِضا إِنّي لَدَيكَ لَفي خُسرِ

وَعَصرِ الرِضا إِنّي لَدَيكَ لَفي خُسرِ

بِمَطلي وَقَلبي فيكَ لَم يَرضَ بِالصَبرِ

بِمَطلي وَقَلبي فيكَ لَم يَرضَ بِالصَبرِ

By the age of contentment, I am surely at a loss with you,

In the embrace of acceptance, I am at a loss with you

for you keep me waiting, and my heart has not consented to be patient with you.

My expectation and heart in you were not content with patience

وَوَعدُكَ مُحتَاجٌ إِلى فَسحِ مُدَّتي

وَوَعدُكَ مُحتَاجٌ إِلى فَسحِ مُدَّتي

وَرَبُّكَ أَدرى ما تَخَلَّفَ مِن عُمري

وَرَبُّكَ أَدرى ما تَخَلَّفَ مِن عُمري

And your promise requires my allotted time to be extended,

And your promise is needful of the respite of my term

and your Lord knows best what remains of my life.

And your Lord knows best what remains of my life

وَفُرطُ التَقاضي يوهِمُ الناسَ أَنَّني

وَفُرطُ التَقاضي يوهِمُ الناسَ أَنَّني

هَجَمتُ وَاِستَنزَعتُ ذَلِكَ بِالقَسرِ

هَجَمتُ وَاِستَنزَعتُ ذَلِكَ بِالقَسرِ

And pressing too hard for payment makes people imagine that I

And the excess of my request makes people think

stormed in and wrested that away by force.

That I attacked and extracted that by force

فَإِن صَدَّ عَن إِنجازِهِ المَنعُ فَاِنعِموا

فَإِن صَدَّ عَن إِنجازِهِ المَنعُ فَاِنعِموا

بَعُذرٍ فَإِنَّ العُذرَ أَسوى مِنَ الغَدرِ

بَعُذرٍ فَإِنَّ العُذرَ أَسوى مِنَ الغَدرِ

So if withholding prevents its fulfillment, then be gracious

So if prevention barred its fulfillment, pardon me

with an excuse, for an excuse is fairer than treachery.

For an excuse is better than betrayal