لعدلكto Your justice أشكوI complain of ياO قديرAlmighty مظالماًwrongs
لعدلك أشكو يا قدير مظالماً
عجزتُI was powerless لهاagainst them منfrom ظالمa tyrant ذاتthe very essence of قدرتيmy power
عجزتُ لها من ظالم ذات قدرتي
To Your justice I complain, O Almighty, of wrongs
from a tyrant, which I could not resist with my own strength.
طغىhe tyrannized وتولىand turned away ياO قديرAlmighty فاكثرand so increased الthe
طغى وتولى يا قدير فاكثر ال
فسادcorruption بمرأىin full sight of القدرةthe Power الأزليةeternal
فساد بمرأى القدرة الأزلية
He tyrannized and turned away, O Almighty, and multiplied the
corruption in full sight of the eternal Power.
تشامخhe grew haughty بغياًin oppression ياO قديرAlmighty ودونهand before him
تشامخ بغياً يا قدير ودونه
مصارعdownfalls أهلpeople of البغيoppression غيرnot بطيئةslow
مصارع أهل البغي غير بطيئة
He grew haughty in oppression, O Almighty, while before him lie
the downfalls of oppressors, not slow to come.
واخلدand he rested أمناًsecurely ياO قديرAlmighty وإنماand only
واخلد أمناً يا قدير وإنما
علىon المكرguile والامهالand the granting of respite حملthe bearing of القضيةthe matter
على المكر والامهال حمل القضية
And he rested secure, O Almighty, though only
on guile and reprieve does the matter rest.
تداركهovertake him قصماًwith crushing destruction ياO قديرAlmighty فإنهfor he
تداركه قصماً يا قدير فإنه
تصاعدrose عنbeyond أطوارهhis bounds البشريةhuman
تصاعد عن أطواره البشرية
Overtake him with crushing ruin, O Almighty, for he
has risen beyond his human bounds.
ومزقهand tear him apart لاdo not تمهلهgrant him respite كلevery ممزقrending
ومزقه لا تمهله كل ممزق
وعاجلهand assail him at once وحياswiftly ياO قديرAlmighty بنقمةwith retribution
وعاجله وحيا يا قدير بنقمة
And tear him utterly apart; grant him no respite.
And swiftly assail him, O Almighty, with retribution.
وخذهand seize him وشتتand scatter جمعهhis host ياO قديرAlmighty لاdo not
وخذه وشتت جمعه يا قدير لا
تدعleave منهمof them فيon الأرضthe earth نافخone who blows upon ضرمةa burning ember
تدع منهم في الأرض نافخ ضرمة
And seize him and scatter his host, O Almighty; do not
leave any of them on earth to fan a burning ember.
وانزلand send down عليهمupon them ياO قديرAlmighty صواعقthunderbolts الthe
وانزل عليهم يا قدير صواعق ال
نكيرchastisement وبوئهمand lodge them بأفظعwith the most dreadful بهلةcurse
نكير وبوئهم بأفظع بهلة
And send down upon them, O Almighty, the thunderbolts of
chastisement, and consign them to the most dreadful curse.
وجردand unsheathe عليهمagainst them سيفsword مقتكYour loathing ياO قديAlmighty (first fragment)
وجرد عليهم سيف مقتك يا قدي
رfinal fragment of 'Almighty' مختطفاًsnatching away أرواحهمtheir souls قيدwithin the span of خطفةa snatch
ر مختطفاً أرواحهم قيد خطفة
And unsheathe against them the sword of Your loathing, O Almigh-
-ty, snatching away their souls in the span of a single snatch.
وألبand rally عليهمagainst them حزبكYour host الغالبينthe victorious ياO
وألب عليهم حزبك الغالبين يا
قديرAlmighty وخذلهمand forsake them بضعفwith weakness وذلةand humiliation
قدير وخذلهم بضعف وذلة
And rally against them Your victorious host, O
Almighty, and abandon them to weakness and humiliation.
وزلزلand shake violently بهمwith them أركانهمtheir pillars وعروشهمand their thrones
وزلزل بهم أركانهم وعروشهم
بأيةin any أرضland ياO قديرAlmighty وبقعةand place
بأية أرض يا قدير وبقعة
And shake their pillars and their thrones along with them,
in any land, O Almighty, and any place.