جَاشَتْ بَلاَبِلُنَا وَسَالَ وَادِيهَا

جَاشَتْ بَلاَبِلُنَا وَسَالَ وَادِيهَا

يَا رَبِّ كُنْ خَيْرَ وَالٍ لِمُعَانِيهَا

يَا رَبِّ كُنْ خَيْرَ وَالٍ لِمُعَانِيهَا

Our anxieties surged, and their valley flowed.

Our anxieties have surged, and their valley has flooded,

O my Lord, be the best guardian for whoever suffers them.

O Lord, be the best protector for the one who endures them.

يَا رَبِّ فَرِّجْ فَقَدْ ضَاقَتْ مَسَالِكُنَا

يَا رَبِّ فَرِّجْ فَقَدْ ضَاقَتْ مَسَالِكُنَا

وَمُنْقَعُ الْغَمَرَاتِ قَدْ طَمَى فِيهَا

وَمُنْقَعُ الْغَمَرَاتِ قَدْ طَمَى فِيهَا

O my Lord, grant relief, for our paths have narrowed,

O Lord, grant relief, for our paths have grown narrow,

And the pool of afflictions has overflowed within them.

And the stagnant pool of hardships has overflowed within them.

يَا رَبِّ أَنْعِمْ عَلَى مَنْ بَاتَ يَطْلُبُهُ

يَا رَبِّ أَنْعِمْ عَلَى مَنْ بَاتَ يَطْلُبُهُ

هَمٌّ وَغَمٌّ وَحُزْنٌ بِتَلاَفِيهَا

هَمٌّ وَغَمٌّ وَحُزْنٌ بِتَلاَفِيهَا

O my Lord, favor whoever has spent the night pursued

O Lord, bestow Your grace upon one who spends the night pursued by

By worry, distress, and sorrow, by dispelling them.

Worry, distress, and sorrow, by alleviating them all.

يَا رَبِّ كُنْ مَلْجَأً لَنَا وَمُسْتَنَداً

يَا رَبِّ كُنْ مَلْجَأً لَنَا وَمُسْتَنَداً

فَقَدْ غَزَتْنَا هُمُومٌ لاَ نُقَاوِيهَا

فَقَدْ غَزَتْنَا هُمُومٌ لاَ نُقَاوِيهَا

O my Lord, be a refuge for us and a support,

O Lord, be a refuge and a firm support for us,

For cares have invaded us that we cannot withstand.

For we have been invaded by worries we cannot withstand.

يَا رَبِّ عَجِّلْ عَلَى مَنْ سَامَ عِشْرَتَنَا

يَا رَبِّ عَجِّلْ عَلَى مَنْ سَامَ عِشْرَتَنَا

بَخْساً بِدَاهِيَةٍ تَطْغَى دَيَاجِيهَا

بَخْساً بِدَاهِيَةٍ تَطْغَى دَيَاجِيهَا

O my Lord, swiftly afflict whoever has treated our fellowship

O Lord, hasten Your strike against those who subject our kin

Unjustly, with a calamity whose darkness overwhelms.

To injustice, with a calamity of overwhelming darkness.

وَاكْبِتْ عِدَانَا بِمَا يُرْضِي أَحِبَّتَنَا

وَاكْبِتْ عِدَانَا بِمَا يُرْضِي أَحِبَّتَنَا

وَاجْعَلْ مَكَائِدَ قَوْمٍ فِي تَرَاقِينَا

وَاجْعَلْ مَكَائِدَ قَوْمٍ فِي تَرَاقِينَا

And abase our enemies with what pleases our loved ones,

And crush our enemies with that which pleases our loved ones,

And place a people's plots in our collarbones,

And turn the machinations of such people back upon their own throats.

بِالْمُصْطَفَى خَيْرِ خَلْقِ اللهِ قَاطِبَةً

بِالْمُصْطَفَى خَيْرِ خَلْقِ اللهِ قَاطِبَةً

دَاعِي الْبَرَايَا إِلَى الْحُسْنَى وَهَادِيهَا

دَاعِي الْبَرَايَا إِلَى الْحُسْنَى وَهَادِيهَا

By the Chosen One, the best of all God's creation,

By the Chosen One, the absolute best of all God's creation,

Who calls creatures to goodness and guides them.

The caller of humanity to goodness and its guiding light.

صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَهُ الْعَرْشِ مُرْسِلُهُ

صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَهُ الْعَرْشِ مُرْسِلُهُ

إِلَى الْخَلاَئِقِ قَاصِيهَا وَدَانِيهَا

إِلَى الْخَلاَئِقِ قَاصِيهَا وَدَانِيهَا

May the God of the Throne bless him—He who sent him

May the God of the Throne, who sent him, bless him,

To all creatures, far and near.

Sent to all of creation, both the distant and the near.

أَنْتَ مَلاَذَ الذِي أَعْيَتْ مَذَاهِبُهُ

أَنْتَ مَلاَذَ الذِي أَعْيَتْ مَذَاهِبُهُ

طُرّاً أَرَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِيهَا

طُرّاً أَرَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِيهَا

You are the refuge of one whose paths have failed him,

You are the refuge for him whose paths have left him at a loss,

All of them, O Lord of the heavens and those within them.

Completely, O Lord of the heavens and all who dwell within them.