أَستَعينُ الَّذي بِكَفَّيهِ نَفعي

أَستَعينُ الَّذي بِكَفَّيهِ نَفعي

وَرَجائي عَلى الَّتي قَتَلَتني

وَرَجائي عَلى الَّتي قَتَلَتني

I seek help from Him whose two hands hold my welfare

I seek the help of Him in Whose hands is my welfare,

and my hope, against her who has slain me.

And my hopes rest on Her who has killed me.

وَلَقَد كُنتُ قَد عَرَفتُ وَأَبصَر

وَلَقَد كُنتُ قَد عَرَفتُ وَأَبصَر

تُ أُموراً لَو أَنَّها نَفَعَتني

تُ أُموراً لَو أَنَّها نَفَعَتني

And indeed I had known and perceived

Indeed I had realized and seen clearly

things—if only they had benefited me!

Things, that had they benefited me,

قُلتُ إِنّي أَهوى شِفا ما أُلاقي

قُلتُ إِنّي أَهوى شِفا ما أُلاقي

مِن خُطوبٍ تَتابَعَت فَدَحَتني

مِن خُطوبٍ تَتابَعَت فَدَحَتني

I said, “I long for a cure for what I suffer

I would have said: I desire the remedy for my sufferings -

of misfortunes that followed one another and weighed me down.”

Misfortunes that have overwhelmed me continuously.