عليك بعد الإله مُعتَمَدي

عليك بعد الإله مُعتَمَدي

إذ أنت ما زلت آخِذاً بيدي

إذ أنت ما زلت آخِذاً بيدي

On you, after God, I rely.

You are my support after God

For you have never ceased to hold my hand.

As long as you still hold my hand

ملكتني إذ غدوت لي سَنَداً

ملكتني إذ غدوت لي سَنَداً

فأنت يا سيدي إِذاً سندي

فأنت يا سيدي إِذاً سندي

You won me over when you became my support,

You have possessed me as you became my pillar

And so you, my lord, are my support.

So you, my master, are my pillar

أنت على ضعف حالتي أبداً

أنت على ضعف حالتي أبداً

أشفقُ من والد على والدِ

أشفقُ من والد على والدِ

You, despite my poor condition, are always

You always sympathize with my weak state

More compassionate than a father toward a father.

More than a father for his father

رفعتَ قدري بعد الخمول وقد

رفعتَ قدري بعد الخمول وقد

كنتُ كمثل الغريب في بلدي

كنتُ كمثل الغريب في بلدي

You raised my standing after obscurity, and I had

You raised my status after insignificance

Been like a stranger in my own land.

I was like a stranger in my own country

نَوَّهتَ بي إذ غدا الصديقُ لما

نَوَّهتَ بي إذ غدا الصديقُ لما

يراه وهو العدو من حَسَدي

يراه وهو العدو من حَسَدي

You made me renowned, when the friend became—because of what

You honored me when a friend sees

He sees—an enemy out of envy of me.

What an enemy sees out of envy

ومذ توصَّلت أو وَصلتُ إلى

ومذ توصَّلت أو وَصلتُ إلى

بابك لم أفتقر إلى أحدٍ

بابك لم أفتقر إلى أحدٍ

And since I found my way—or came—to

Since I reached and knocked on your door

Your door, I have needed no one.

I did not need anyone

مولاي يدعوك من له أملٌ

مولاي يدعوك من له أملٌ

فيك جميلٌ وحُسنُ مُعتَقَدً

فيك جميلٌ وحُسنُ مُعتَقَدً

My lord, one calls upon you with a hope

My Master, whoever has hope in you

In you that is fair, and a good opinion of you.

Calls you, for you are good and well-intended

فلا تَكِلهُ إلى سواك ومن

فلا تَكِلهُ إلى سواك ومن

سواكَ بعد المُهَيمنِ الصَّمَدِ

سواكَ بعد المُهَيمنِ الصَّمَدِ

So do not entrust him to another—and who

So do not entrust him to other than you

Is there besides you, after the Guardian, the Eternal Refuge?

After the All-Dominant, the Eternal

يا حاسما جَورَ ذا الزمان لقد

يا حاسما جَورَ ذا الزمان لقد

فَتَّ زماني بالجَور في عَضُدي

فَتَّ زماني بالجَور في عَضُدي

O you who end the injustice of this age, indeed

O He who ends the injustice of this time

My times have sapped my arm's strength through injustice.

For this time has twisted my arm

وجُوخَتي لو تُباعُ لم يَكُ لي

وجُوخَتي لو تُباعُ لم يَكُ لي

شيءٌ يُوارى من بعدها جَسَدي

شيءٌ يُوارى من بعدها جَسَدي

And if my woolen cloak were sold, I would have

If my old age is sold

Nothing with which my body could be covered afterward.

I would have nothing to cover my body

تَزِيد جسمي بَرداً ولستُ كمن

تَزِيد جسمي بَرداً ولستُ كمن

يقولُ يا بَردَهَا على كَبِدي

يقولُ يا بَردَهَا على كَبِدي

It makes my body colder, and I am not like one

My body grows colder but I'm not like those

Who says, 'Oh, how cool it is upon my liver!'

Who say, "It's cold has afflicted my liver"