وَعُداتي شُمَّتٌ أَعجَبَهُم

وَعُداتي شُمَّتٌ أَعجَبَهُم

أَنّني غُيِّبتُ عَنهُم في قَرَن

أَنّني غُيِّبتُ عَنهُم في قَرَن

My enemies gloated—how it pleased them

And my enemies gloat; it pleased them

that I was taken from their sight in chains.

that I was hidden away from them in fetters.

فَسَبيلٌ أُسوَةٌ جَمٌّ بها

فَسَبيلٌ أُسوَةٌ جَمٌّ بها

عَنوَةً للِمَلكِ في بَعضِ الظَّنَن

عَنوَةً للِمَلكِ في بَعضِ الظَّنَن

Yet that road offers consolation—many have traveled it,

So this is a common path, with many upon it,

dragged there by royal force on mere suspicion.

forced into submission to the king on certain suspicions.