ياO ملكَking الدُنياthe world الَّذيwho سخطُهُhis wrath
يا ملكَ الدُنيا الَّذي سخطُهُ
يُفنيdestroys وَجَدوىand the bounty كَفِّهِhis hand تُغنيenriches
يُفني وَجَدوى كَفِّهِ تُغني
O king of the world, whose wrath
O king of the world, whose wrath
destroys, while the bounty of his hand enriches:
destroys, while the bounty of his hand enriches.
ليI have أَعبدٌslaves قَدindeed ضاقَhas run short ذَرعيmy patience بِهِمwith them
لي أَعبدٌ قَد ضاقَ ذَرعي بِهِم
وَأَضجَرَتهُمand has wearied them عِلَّتيmy illness مِنّيof me
وَأَضجَرَتهُم عِلَّتي مِنّي
I have servants I can no longer cope with,
I have slaves whom I can no longer bear,
and my illness has made them weary of me.
and my illness has made them weary of me.
يَشكونَthey complain مِنّيof me مِثلَin the same way ماthat أَشتَكيI complain
يَشكونَ مِنّي مِثلَ ما أَشتَكي
مِنهُمof them فَخَلِّصهُمso deliver them وَخَلِّصنيand deliver me
مِنهُم فَخَلِّصهُم وَخَلِّصني
They complain of me, just as I complain
They complain of me just as I complain
of them—so deliver them, and deliver me.
of them—so deliver them, and deliver me.
