جعلتك نصرتي في كلّ شدَّة

جعلتك نصرتي في كلّ شدَّة

وبعد الله في الضيقات عُمدَه

وبعد الله في الضيقات عُمدَه

I made you my support in every hardship,

I made you my aid in every hardship,

And, after God, my mainstay in distress.

After God, in trials you were my pillar.

ورُمتُكَ لي مدى الأيَّام حسبي

ورُمتُكَ لي مدى الأيَّام حسبي

وقلت كفاني هذا الخلّ وحده

وقلت كفاني هذا الخلّ وحده

And I wished you to suffice for me throughout the days,

I aimed at you throughout my days as enough for me,

And said, “This dear friend alone is enough for me.”

And said this friendship alone suffices me.

وكنت أظنّ ان تبقى زماناً

وكنت أظنّ ان تبقى زماناً

وان تعطي لنا الأيَّامُ مُدَّه

وان تعطي لنا الأيَّامُ مُدَّه

And I used to think you would remain a while,

I thought you would remain for some time,

And that the days would grant us time.

And that days would grant us an extension.

وما خلتُ الفراق يكف عني

وما خلتُ الفراق يكف عني

لقاكَ وارضي فيما لن أَودَّه

لقاكَ وارضي فيما لن أَودَّه

And I never thought parting would deprive me

But parting would not stop tormenting me,

Of seeing you and my homeland, against my wishes,

I met you, pleased with what I do not want extended.

ويرميني غريباً في بلادٍ

ويرميني غريباً في بلادٍ

أَرى فيها يومي الف شدَّه

أَرى فيها يومي الف شدَّه

And cast me, a stranger, into lands

And it casts me a stranger in lands,

Where I see a thousand hardships each day.

Where my days see a thousand hardships.