أشكوI complain إلىto اللهGod ماwhat أقاسيI endure
أشكو إلى الله ما أقاسي
منfrom شدَّةseverity الفقرpoverty والهوانand humiliation
من شدَّة الفقر والهوان
I complain to God of what I endure
I complain to God of what I suffer
from the severity of poverty and humiliation.
From the severity of poverty and humiliation
أصبحتI have become منfrom ذلَّةٍabasement وعريand nakedness
أصبحت من ذلَّةٍ وعري
ماnot فيَّin me دافٍwarm سوىexcept لسانيmy tongue
ما فيَّ دافٍ سوى لساني
So abased and naked have I become
I have become from humiliation and nakedness
that nothing about me is warm except my tongue.
Nothing in me is burning except my tongue