وُقيتَ بِيَ الرَدى زِدني قُيودا

وُقيتَ بِيَ الرَدى زِدني قُيودا

وَثَنِّ عَلَيَّ سَوطاً أَو عَمودا

وَثَنِّ عَلَيَّ سَوطاً أَو عَمودا

May you be spared death through me; give me more fetters.

I was left to face adversity, give me more shackles

May I be your ransom from death; increase my chains,

And strike me again with a whip or a club.

And lash me with a whip or pillar

And double the lash or the rod against me.

وَوَكِّل بي وَبِالأَبوابِ دوني

وَوَكِّل بي وَبِالأَبوابِ دوني

مِنَ الرُقَباءِ شَيطاناً مَريدا

مِنَ الرُقَباءِ شَيطاناً مَريدا

And set over me, and at the doors before me,

And station guards outside my door

Assign over me, and at the doors confining me,

A rebellious devil from among the guards.

Appointing over me a stubborn devil

A rebellious demon from among the guards.

وَأَعفِ مَسامِعِ مِن صَوتِ رِجسٍ

وَأَعفِ مَسامِعِ مِن صَوتِ رِجسٍ

ثَقيلٍ شَخصُهُ يُدعى سَعيدا

ثَقيلٍ شَخصُهُ يُدعى سَعيدا

And spare my ears the voice of a vile man,

And spare my ears the sound of a heavy impurity

But spare my hearing from the voice of that wretch,

Whose presence is burdensome, and who is called Sa'id.

Whose person is called Sa'eed

Of oppressive presence, the one called Sa'id.

فَقَد تَرَكَ الحَديدَ عَلَيَّ ريشاً

فَقَد تَرَكَ الحَديدَ عَلَيَّ ريشاً

وَأَوقَرَ بُغضُهُ قَلبي حَديدا

وَأَوقَرَ بُغضُهُ قَلبي حَديدا

For he has turned the iron upon me into feathers,

For he has left the iron upon me as but a feather

For he has rendered the iron upon me light as feathers,

And hatred of him has laden my heart with iron.

And his hatred has weighed down my heart like iron

While loathing him has weighed down my heart like iron.