أيها القائد المُفدى بِرُوحي

أيها القائد المُفدى بِرُوحي

وبنفسي وكل شيءٍ ثمينِ

وبنفسي وكل شيءٍ ثمينِ

O leader, whom I would ransom with my soul,

O my leader, ransomed with my soul

and with my life and every precious thing.

And my self and all that's precious

جِئتُ أشكي ظُلامتي لكَ يا خي

جِئتُ أشكي ظُلامتي لكَ يا خي

رَ هُمامٍ يُرى وليثَ عَرينِ

رَ هُمامٍ يُرى وليثَ عَرينِ

I have come to lay my grievance before you, O finest

I have come to lament my darkness to you, O beloved friend

hero ever seen, and lion of the den.

Of passionate dreams, seen as a lion in its den

إنني طَبلَةٌ تَبَرَّجَ فِيها

إنني طَبلَةٌ تَبَرَّجَ فِيها

كُلّ كاسٍ مُصبَّبٍ ومصونِ

كُلّ كاسٍ مُصبَّبٍ ومصونِ

I am a table upon which is displayed

I am a drum in which

every cup, filled and kept safe.

Every filled and guarded cup makes music

وتَهَيَّأتُ كيما أدخلَ عن نا

وتَهَيَّأتُ كيما أدخلَ عن نا

سي السُّرُورَ لكنهُم يَهجُرُوني

سي السُّرُورَ لكنهُم يَهجُرُوني

And I made ready to bring my people

And I prepared myself so that I might let in, from the people,

joy, but they abandon me.

Joy, but they shun me

أبحقٍّ لهم بِحَقِّكَ هذا

أبحقٍّ لهم بِحَقِّكَ هذا

إني والله ذاتُ قَلبٍ حَزِينِ

إني والله ذاتُ قَلبٍ حَزِينِ

Have they a right to do this, by your honor?

Do they have the right, by your right, to do this?

Indeed, by God, I have a sorrowful heart.

By God, I am one with a sorrowful heart

سَيَما وأنا بحضرتِكَ العَا

سَيَما وأنا بحضرتِكَ العَا

لِيَةِ الشأنِ ما لَهُم يَترُكُوني

لِيَةِ الشأنِ ما لَهُم يَترُكُوني

Especially while I am in your presence, exalted

Especially as I am in your

in rank—why do they leave me?

Sublime presence, why do they leave me?

فَإِذا لم يكن هنالِكَ عُذرٌ

فَإِذا لم يكن هنالِكَ عُذرٌ

في قيامٍ فاقبض على دُيُوني

في قيامٍ فاقبض على دُيُوني

So if there is no excuse

So if there is no excuse

for getting up, then collect my debts.

In staying, then take my debts