ضاقت الحيلة مني

ضاقت الحيلة مني

وشوت قلبي المصائب

وشوت قلبي المصائب

All recourse has failed me,

My resourcefulness has failed me,

and calamities have scorched my heart.

and calamities have seared my heart.

وعدوي قد تجارا

وعدوي قد تجارا

ورماني بالمعايب

ورماني بالمعايب

My enemy has gone too far

My enemy has grown bold

and assailed me with reproaches.

and hurled reproaches at me.

ليس لي منه خلاص

ليس لي منه خلاص

بل ومن كل النوائب

بل ومن كل النوائب

From him I have no deliverance,

There is no deliverance for me from him—

nor, indeed, from any calamity,

nay, nor from any misfortunes

ومن الأكدار إلا

ومن الأكدار إلا

بالتهامي ابن غالب

بالتهامي ابن غالب

nor from sorrow—save only

or troubles—except

through the Tihamite, descendant of Ghalib.

through the Tihami, son of Ghalib.

فهو سهم اللَه معنى

فهو سهم اللَه معنى

إن سهم اللَه صائب

إن سهم اللَه صائب

For in essence he is God’s arrow,

For he is, figuratively, God's arrow;

and God’s arrow strikes true.

indeed, God's arrow strikes true.

وهو الكاشف كربي

وهو الكاشف كربي

وبه أعطى المواهب

وبه أعطى المواهب

He is the one who dispels my anguish,

He is the one who dispels my anguish,

and through him gifts are bestowed.

and through him I am granted gifts.

وله أشكو وحاشا

وله أشكو وحاشا

أن يكون الظن خائب

أن يكون الظن خائب

To him I voice my complaint—and far be it

And to him I complain—far be it

that my trust should prove disappointed.

that my hope should prove vain.

فعليه صلوات اللَ

فعليه صلوات اللَ

ه ما ناجاه طالب

ه ما ناجاه طالب

So may God’s blessings rest upon him

So upon him be God's blessings,

as long as a seeker confides in him,

as long as a seeker communes with him

أو دعاه بانكسار

أو دعاه بانكسار

مغرم بالفضل راغب

مغرم بالفضل راغب

or calls upon him in broken humility—

or calls upon him in humility,

enamored of grace and yearning for it.

enamored of bounty and yearning for it;

وعلى آل وصحب

وعلى آل وصحب

ومحب والأقارب

ومحب والأقارب

And upon his family and companions,

and upon his family and companions,

all who love him, and his kin—

and those who love him, and his kin,

من هم حزب إلهي

من هم حزب إلهي

إن حزب اللَه غالب

إن حزب اللَه غالب

those who are the party of my God:

who are the party of my God.

truly, God’s party prevails.

Indeed, God's party is victorious.