ترقّبawait اليسرease بعدafter العسرhardship والحرجand distress
ترقّب اليسر بعد العسر والحرج
فغايةfor the utmost limit الضيقdistress منهاfrom it مبداthe beginning الفرجrelief
فغاية الضيق منها مبدا الفرج
Await ease after hardship and distress.
Anticipate ease after hardship and distress
For distress's utmost limit is where relief begins.
For the end of tightness is the start of relief
حاشاnever ترىyou see ازمةa crisis إلاexcept ويعقبهاand follows it
حاشا ترى ازمة إلا ويعقبها
يسرease يقولsays لهاto it ياO أزمةcrisis انفرجيgive way
يسر يقول لها يا أزمة انفرجي
Never will you see a crisis that is not followed
Never will you see a crisis without
By ease that tells it, 'O crisis, give way!'
Ease following saying to it "Crisis, relent!"
حوادثevents الدرpearls (likely intended: time) لاnot يحصىis counted لهاfor them عددa number
حوادث الدر لا يحصى لها عدد
فالدهرfor time كالبحرlike the sea فيin الأمواجthe waves واللججand the depths
فالدهر كالبحر في الأمواج واللجج
The events of time are beyond counting.
The incidents of life are beyond count
For time is like the sea in its waves and depths.
For time is like a sea with waves and swells
وماand not سمعناwe have heard ببحرof a sea دامremained مضطرباturbulent
وما سمعنا ببحر دام مضطربا
ولاnor بريحof a wind شديدstrong باتremained فيin هرجtumult
ولا بريح شديد بات في هرج
And we have never heard of a sea that stayed turbulent,
Never did we hear of a sea staying restless
Nor of a strong wind that remained in tumult.
Nor a gale persisting confusedly at night
الريحthe wind نسكنwe grow still (likely intended: grows still) والأمواجand the waves تتبعهاfollow it
الريح نسكن والأمواج تتبعها
والليلand the night تمحوهerase it آيsigns الصبحdawn بالبلجwith brightness
والليل تمحوه آي الصبح بالبلج
The wind grows still, and the waves follow it.
The winds will calm and the waves follow them
And dawn's signs erase the night with their radiance.
The night will erase it with the dawn's first light
فلاso do not تضيقnarrow مجالاa space باتhas become متسعاspacious
فلا تضيق مجالا بات متسعا
فاللهfor God أولىhas the greater claim بناon us فيin الموقفthe situation الحرجdistressing
فالله أولى بنا في الموقف الحرج
So do not narrow a space that has grown wide,
So do not restrict what has become spacious
For God has the greater claim on us in a moment of distress.
For God knows best what we do in dire plight
فعنso after قريبa short while ترىyou see الأهوالthe terrors هادئةcalm
فعن قريب ترى الأهوال هادئة
والكلand everyone ينحوfollows طريقاa path غيرnot ذىpossessing عوجcrookedness
والكل ينحو طريقا غير ذى عوج
Soon you will see the terrors calmed,
Soon you will see terrors calmed
And all follow a path free of crookedness.
And all will take a path not crooked
ويسكنand grows still القلبthe heart منfrom خوفfear ومنand from فزعalarm
ويسكن القلب من خوف ومن فزع
ويرتعand lives at ease الكلeveryone منfrom هولterror ومنand from هرجtumult
ويرتع الكل من هول ومن هرج
And the heart grows still, free from fear and alarm,
The heart will settle, fear and alarm past
And all live at ease, free from terror and tumult.
And all will feel safe from panic and fright
وينظرand looks المصطفىthe Chosen One الهادىthe Guide وعترتهand his family
وينظر المصطفى الهادى وعترته
لناtoward us بعينwith an eye الرضاapproval معwith رفعةelevation الدرجranks
لنا بعين الرضا مع رفعة الدرج
And the Chosen One, the Guide, and his family look
And the Chosen One will look at us and his kin
Upon us with an eye of favor, with elevation in rank.
With eyes of approval and raised status, alright
صلىmay send blessings الإلهGod عليهupon him كلماwhenever وخدتstrode swiftly
صلى الإله عليه كلما وخدت
إليهtoward him عيسpale camels شجتهاsaddened them نغمةmelody الهزجlilting chanting
إليه عيس شجتها نغمة الهزج
May God bless him whenever there stride swiftly
God bless him whenever a melody sounded sad
Toward him pale camels, moved to sorrow by a lilting chant.
It cheered up again with his voice's gentle might