ظالِمٌ لي وَلَيْتة الدْ

ظالِمٌ لي وَلَيْتة الدْ

دَهْرَ يَبْقى ويَظْلِمُ

دَهْرَ يَبْقى ويَظْلِمُ

He wrongs me—and would that he might, for all

He is unjust to me—would that he, for all

time, remain and keep wronging me.

time, remain and do me wrong.

وَصْلُهُ جَنَّةٌ ولَ

وَصْلُهُ جَنَّةٌ ولَ

كِنَّ جَفَاه جَهَنَّمُ

كِنَّ جَفَاه جَهَنَّمُ

Union with him is Paradise—but

Union with him is paradise, but

his estrangement is Hell.

his estrangement is hell.

ورِضاهُ وسُخطُهُ الدْ

ورِضاهُ وسُخطُهُ الدْ

دَهْرَ عُرْسٌ ومَأْتَمُ

دَهْرَ عُرْسٌ ومَأْتَمُ

His approval and his wrath, for all

And his favor and his wrath, for all

time, are a wedding and a funeral.

time, are a wedding and a funeral.