تَعَوَّدتُ مَسَّ الضُرِّ حَتّى أَلِفتُهُ

تَعَوَّدتُ مَسَّ الضُرِّ حَتّى أَلِفتُهُ

فَأَلفَيتَهُ مُرَّ المَذاقِ عَنِ الصَبرِ

فَأَلفَيتَهُ مُرَّ المَذاقِ عَنِ الصَبرِ

I grew accustomed to affliction's touch until I became familiar with it.

I grew accustomed to being touched by harm, until I became familiar with it

Then you found it bitter to taste, apart from patience.

So I found it bitter in taste, beyond patience

وَخَيَّرتُ تَسليمي لَمّا أَبرَمَ القَضا

وَخَيَّرتُ تَسليمي لَمّا أَبرَمَ القَضا

وَأَسلَمَني حُسنَ الغَزاءِ إِلى الصَبرِ

وَأَسلَمَني حُسنَ الغَزاءِ إِلى الصَبرِ

And I chose submission when fate sealed its decree.

And I chose to surrender to what destiny had determined

And the goodness of warfare delivered me to patience.

And good wisdom made me surrender to patience

وَصَيَّرَني يَأسى مِنَ الناسِ كُلُّهُم

وَصَيَّرَني يَأسى مِنَ الناسِ كُلُّهُم

بِتَدبيرِ مَولايَ المُقَدَّرِ لِلأَمرِ

بِتَدبيرِ مَولايَ المُقَدَّرِ لِلأَمرِ

And my despair of all people transformed me,

And my despair of all people altogether

Through my Lord's governance, ordained for the matter,

Made me, through my Master’s predetermined decree of the matter

إِلى أَن صَفا وَقتي وَراقَت مَناهِلي

إِلى أَن صَفا وَقتي وَراقَت مَناهِلي

بِحُسنِ صَنيعِ اللَهِ مِن حَيثُ لا أَدري

بِحُسنِ صَنيعِ اللَهِ مِن حَيثُ لا أَدري

Until my days grew serene and my watering places became clear,

Until my time became clear and my resting places became sweet

Through God's gracious work, from a source unknown to me.

Through God's good work, from where I did not know