أَموسى لَقَد أَورَدتَني شَرَّ مَورِدٍ

أَموسى لَقَد أَورَدتَني شَرَّ مَورِدٍ

وَما فِرعَونٌ كَفورُ الصَنائِعِ

وَما فِرعَونٌ كَفورُ الصَنائِعِ

O Musa, you have indeed led me to the worst watering place.

Oh Musa, you have led me to the worst plight,

And Pharaoh is not ungrateful for favors.

And Pharaoh is not so ungrateful.

سَحَرتَ فُؤادي حينَ أَرسَلتَ حَيَّةَ ال

سَحَرتَ فُؤادي حينَ أَرسَلتَ حَيَّةَ ال

عِذارِ وَقَد أَغرَقتَني في مَدامِعي

عِذارِ وَقَد أَغرَقتَني في مَدامِعي

You bewitched my heart when you sent forth the serpent of the

You captivated my heart when you sent the serpent

down on your cheek, and you have drowned me in my tears.

Of accusation, and drowned me in my tears.

وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن تَكونَ مَنِيَّتي

وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن تَكونَ مَنِيَّتي

بِكَفَّيكَ وَالأَيّامُ ذاتُ بَدائِعِ

بِكَفَّيكَ وَالأَيّامُ ذاتُ بَدائِعِ

And I had not feared that my death would come

I did not fear that my end would be

at your hands—and the days are full of wonders.

At your hands, though days can be deceptive.

وَوَاللَهِ ما يَلتَذُّ سَمعي وَناظِري

وَوَاللَهِ ما يَلتَذُّ سَمعي وَناظِري

بِغَيرِكَ إِنساناً وَما ذاكَ نافِعي

بِغَيرِكَ إِنساناً وَما ذاكَ نافِعي

And by God, my hearing and my eye take no delight

By God, neither my hearing nor sight

in any person but you, yet that does me no good.

Takes pleasure in anyone but you - that is of no use to me.

جَعَلتَ عَلَيَّ الصَبرَ ضَربَةَ لازِبٍ

جَعَلتَ عَلَيَّ الصَبرَ ضَربَةَ لازِبٍ

وَحَرَّمتَ أَن آتي إِلَيكَ بِشافِعِ

وَحَرَّمتَ أَن آتي إِلَيكَ بِشافِعِ

You have made patience an inescapable duty for me,

You made patience upon me an unsheathed blade

and forbidden me to come to you with an intercessor.

And forbade that I should come to you with an intercessor.

وَما أَسَفي أَنّي أَموتُ وَإِنَّما

وَما أَسَفي أَنّي أَموتُ وَإِنَّما

حِذارِيَ أَن تُرمى بِلُؤمِ الطَبائِعِ

حِذارِيَ أَن تُرمى بِلُؤمِ الطَبائِعِ

And my sorrow is not that I die, but only

I do not grieve that I die; rather

my fear that you may be accused of baseness of character.

My fear is that you cast me into the pit of natures.