مَوْلايَ لاقَتُني الخطوبُ بِأَوْجهٍ

مَوْلايَ لاقَتُني الخطوبُ بِأَوْجهٍ

صَلُبتْ وَظَنّي أَنَّها جُلْمُودُ

صَلُبتْ وَظَنّي أَنَّها جُلْمُودُ

My lord, calamities confronted me with faces

My Master, troubles have confronted me with hard faces,

that had hardened, and I thought them solid rock.

And I thought they were unyielding stones.

هَيْهاتَ بلْ هِيَ مِن حَدِيدٍ لَمْ تكُنْ

هَيْهاتَ بلْ هِيَ مِن حَدِيدٍ لَمْ تكُنْ

لِتلِينَ لي وَلَوْ أنَّني داوُدُ

لِتلِينَ لي وَلَوْ أنَّني داوُدُ

Far from it! Rather, they are made of iron and would not

Alas! Nay, they are made of iron that was never

soften for me, even were I David.

To be softened for me, even if I were David.