إِلَيكَ إلهَ العَرشِ أَشكُو تَضَرُّعاً

إِلَيكَ إلهَ العَرشِ أَشكُو تَضَرُّعاً

وَأدعُوكَ في الضَّرَّاءِ رَبِّي لِتَسمَعَا

وَأدعُوكَ في الضَّرَّاءِ رَبِّي لِتَسمَعَا

To You, God of the Throne, I bring my plaint in humble supplication.

To You, God of the Throne, I complain pleading

And I call upon You in adversity, my Lord, that You may hear.

And call upon You in hardship, my Lord, that You may listen

وَكَم دَمَّرُوا مِن مَربَع كَانَ آهِلاً

وَكَم دَمَّرُوا مِن مَربَع كَانَ آهِلاً

فَقَد تَرَكُوا الدارَ الأَنِيسَة بَلقَعا

فَقَد تَرَكُوا الدارَ الأَنِيسَة بَلقَعا

How many inhabited dwellings they have destroyed!

How much they destroyed a populated city

They have left the welcoming home a barren waste.

They left the friendly home desolated

فَأَصبَحَتِ الأَموَالُ فِيهم نَهَائِباً

فَأَصبَحَتِ الأَموَالُ فِيهم نَهَائِباً

وَأصبَحَتِ الأَيتَامُ غَرثَى وَجُوَّعَا

وَأصبَحَتِ الأَيتَامُ غَرثَى وَجُوَّعَا

So wealth became plunder among them,

So properties became among them prey

And the orphans became hungry and famished.

And orphans became disheveled and starved

وَفرَّ عَنِ الأَوطَانِ مَن كَانَ قَاطِناً

وَفرَّ عَنِ الأَوطَانِ مَن كَانَ قَاطِناً

وفُرِّقَ إِلفٌ كَانض مُجتَمِعاً مَعَا

وفُرِّقَ إِلفٌ كَانض مُجتَمِعاً مَعَا

And those who dwelt there fled their homelands,

And those who lived in homelands fled

And a fellowship once gathered together was scattered.

And fellowship that gathered together dispersed

مَضَوا وانقَضَت أيَّامُهُم حِينَ أَورَثُوا

مَضَوا وانقَضَت أيَّامُهُم حِينَ أَورَثُوا

ثَنَاءً وذِكراً طَيِّباً قَد تَضَوَّعَا

ثَنَاءً وذِكراً طَيِّباً قَد تَضَوَّعَا

They passed on and their days ended, leaving behind

They passed away and their days ended when they inherited

Praise and a good remembrance whose fragrance has spread.

Praise and good memory that became well known

فَجازَاهُم الله الكَرِيمُ بِفَضلِهِ

فَجازَاهُم الله الكَرِيمُ بِفَضلِهِ

جِنَاناً ورَضواناً منَ الله أَرفَعَا

جِنَاناً ورَضواناً منَ الله أَرفَعَا

So may God, the Generous, reward them through His bounty

So God, the Generous, rewarded them for their virtue

With gardens of Paradise and God's still loftier pleasure.

With gardens and pleasure from God most high

فَإن كَانَتِ الأشبَاحُ مِنَّا تَبَاعَدَت

فَإن كَانَتِ الأشبَاحُ مِنَّا تَبَاعَدَت

فَإنَّ لأَروَاحِ المُحِبِّينَ مَجمَعَا

فَإنَّ لأَروَاحِ المُحِبِّينَ مَجمَعَا

If our bodies have grown far apart,

And if spirits among us grew apart

Then surely the souls of those who love have a meeting place.

The souls of lovers still unite

عَسَى وَعَسَى أَن يُنصُرَ الله دِينَنَأ

عَسَى وَعَسَى أَن يُنصُرَ الله دِينَنَأ

وَيَجبُرَ مِنَّا كُلَّ مَا قَد تَصَدَّعَا

وَيَجبُرَ مِنَّا كُلَّ مَا قَد تَصَدَّعَا

May it be, may it be, that God grants our faith victory,

Perhaps, perhaps God will help our religion

And mends all within us that has fractured,

And mend all that has cracked among us

وَيَعمُرَ لِلسَّمحَا رُبُوعاً تَهَدَّمَت

وَيَعمُرَ لِلسَّمحَا رُبُوعاً تَهَدَّمَت

وَيَفتَحَ سُبلا لِلهدايَة مَهيَعَا

وَيَفتَحَ سُبلا لِلهدايَة مَهيَعَا

And rebuilds for the gracious faith the dwellings that were ruined,

And rebuild ruins for the tolerant

And opens wide, clear paths to guidance,

And open ways to guidance that give access

وَيُظهِرَ نُورَ الحَقِّ يَعلُو ضِيَاءُه

وَيُظهِرَ نُورَ الحَقِّ يَعلُو ضِيَاءُه

فَيُضحِي ظَلاَمُ الشّركِ وَالشَّكِّ مُقشِعَا

فَيُضحِي ظَلاَمُ الشّركِ وَالشَّكِّ مُقشِعَا

And makes the light of truth manifest, its radiance rising,

And show the light of truth, its glow ascending

So the darkness of polytheism and doubt is dispelled.

So the darkness of polytheism and doubt yield, dissipating

إلهِي فَحَقِّق ذا الرَّجَاءَ وَكُن بِنَا

إلهِي فَحَقِّق ذا الرَّجَاءَ وَكُن بِنَا

رَؤُوفاً رَحِيماً مُستَجِيباً لَنَا الدُّعَا

رَؤُوفاً رَحِيماً مُستَجِيباً لَنَا الدُّعَا

My God, fulfill this hope, and be toward us

My God, fulfill this hope and be with us

Compassionate and merciful, answering our prayer.

Compassionate, Merciful, answering our prayer

أَلاَ أيُّهَا الإِخوَانُ صَبراً فَإنَّني

أَلاَ أيُّهَا الإِخوَانُ صَبراً فَإنَّني

أرى الصبر للمقدور خيراً وأنفعا

أرى الصبر للمقدور خيراً وأنفعا

Take heed, brothers: be patient, for I

Oh brothers, patience, patience, for I see

Find patience with what is decreed better and more beneficial.

Patience for what is destined is best and most useful

وَلاَ تَيأسُوا مِن كَشفِ مانابَ إنَّهُ

وَلاَ تَيأسُوا مِن كَشفِ مانابَ إنَّهُ

إذَا شَاء رَبِّي كَشفَ ذَاكَ تَمَزَّعَا

إذَا شَاء رَبِّي كَشفَ ذَاكَ تَمَزَّعَا

And do not despair of relief from what has befallen; surely,

And do not despair of relief from what has afflicted

When my Lord wills its removal, it is torn apart.

When my Lord wills it, He will remove what has torn

وَمَا قُلتُ ذَا أشكُو إِلَى الخَلقَ نكبةً

وَمَا قُلتُ ذَا أشكُو إِلَى الخَلقَ نكبةً

وَلاَ جَزَعاً مِمَّا أصَابَ فَأفجَعَا

وَلاَ جَزَعاً مِمَّا أصَابَ فَأفجَعَا

I have not said this to complain to people of a calamity,

I did not say this complaining to people of calamity

Nor in dismay over what befell and brought grief.

Or panicking at what has saddened and distressed

فما كَانَ هذا الأمرُ إلاَّ بِقُدرَةٍ

فما كَانَ هذا الأمرُ إلاَّ بِقُدرَةٍ

بِهَا قَهَرَ الله الخَلاَئِقَ أجمَعَا

بِهَا قَهَرَ الله الخَلاَئِقَ أجمَعَا

For this affair came about only through a power

For this matter was only by God's power

By which God has subdued all creation.

With which He subdued all creatures

وَذَالِكَ عَن ذَنبٍ وَعِصيَانِ خَالِقٍ

وَذَالِكَ عَن ذَنبٍ وَعِصيَانِ خَالِقٍ

أَخَذنَا بِهِ حِيناً فَحِيناً لنرجعا

أَخَذنَا بِهِ حِيناً فَحِيناً لنرجعا

And that arose from sin and disobedience to the Creator,

That was for a sin and disobeying the Creator

Who chastised us for it, time after time, so we might return.

Which He seized us for, time and again, that we may return

وَقَد آنَ أَن نرجُو رِضَاهُ وعَفوَهُ

وَقَد آنَ أَن نرجُو رِضَاهُ وعَفوَهُ

وأَن نَعرِفَ التَّقصِيرَ مِنَّا فَنُقلِعَا

وأَن نَعرِفَ التَّقصِيرَ مِنَّا فَنُقلِعَا

And now the time has come to hope for His pleasure and His pardon,

And it is time we hope for His approval and pardon

And recognize our failings, and so desist.

And recognize our shortcomings, that we may desist

فَيَا مُحسِناً قَد كُنتَ تُحسِنُ دَائِماً

فَيَا مُحسِناً قَد كُنتَ تُحسِنُ دَائِماً

وَيَا وَاسِعاً قَد كانَ عَفوُكَ أَوسَعَا

وَيَا وَاسِعاً قَد كانَ عَفوُكَ أَوسَعَا

O Beneficent One, You have always bestowed goodness,

O You who always did good, generously

And O Boundless One, Your pardon has been vaster still.

O You whose pardon was most ample

نَعُوذً بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِن سُوءِ صُنعِنَا

نَعُوذً بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِن سُوءِ صُنعِنَا

فَإنَّ لنَا في العَفوِ مِنكَ لَمطمَعَا

فَإنَّ لنَا في العَفوِ مِنكَ لَمطمَعَا

We seek refuge in You, O God, from the evil of our deeds.

We seek refuge in You, O God, from our misdeeds

For surely we have hope of pardon from You.

For in Your pardon we still have hope

أَغِثنَا أَغِثنَا وَادفَعِ الشِّدَّةَ الَّتي

أَغِثنَا أَغِثنَا وَادفَعِ الشِّدَّةَ الَّتي

أَصَابَت وَصَابت وَاكشِفِ الضُّرَّ وارفَعَا

أَصَابَت وَصَابت وَاكشِفِ الضُّرَّ وارفَعَا

Help us, help us, and ward off the hardship that

Help us, help us, and repel the adversity that

Has struck and fallen upon us; remove the affliction and lift it away.

Has struck, and uncover the harm and lift it away