أطلت انتقادي

أطلت انتقادي

فمه يا فؤادي

فمه يا فؤادي

You have long reproached me;

My criticism prolonged

You have complained too long,

so hush, O my heart.

O my heart be silent

So hush now, O my heart.

لقد ذدت عني

لقد ذدت عني

لذيذ الرقاد

لذيذ الرقاد

You have indeed driven from me

I have warded off from myself

You have banished from me

sweet slumber,

The sweetness of sleep

The sweetness of slumber,

بوخزك جنبي

بوخزك جنبي

كوخز القتاد

كوخز القتاد

by pricking my side

With your pricks in my side

By piercing my side

like the pricking of tragacanth thorns,

Like the pricks of Tatad

Like the sting of thorns,

ووريك نفسي

ووريك نفسي

كوري الزناد

كوري الزناد

and by kindling my soul

And your rousing of my soul

And striking fire within my soul

as fire is struck from flints.

Like the rousing of Zanad

As sparks are struck from flint.

أفي كا ليل

أفي كا ليل

بويل تنادي

بويل تنادي

Is it every night

Is it like some night

Must it be that every night

that you cry out in woe,

You moan and call

You cry out in anguish?

كأنك ثكلى

كأنك ثكلى

غلت في الحداد

غلت في الحداد

as though you were a bereaved mother

As if you are bereaved

As though you were a bereaved mother

gone to extremes in mourning?

Engrossed in mourning

Excessive in her mourning.

أبى الله إلا

أبى الله إلا

بلاء العباد

بلاء العباد

God has willed nothing but

God willed only

God has decreed nothing

trials for His servants,

The affliction of servants

But trial for His servants,

بخلف التمني

بخلف التمني

وعكس المراد

وعكس المراد

through wishes thwarted

Contrary to wishes

Through the thwarting of hopes

and desires reversed.

And opposite of intentions

And the reversal of desires.

فما باختياري

فما باختياري

ضياع اجتهادي

ضياع اجتهادي

So it is not by my choice

So it was not my choice

It was not by my own choice

that my striving is wasted.

The loss of my endeavor

That my efforts went to waste;

وثقت بدهري

وثقت بدهري

لسخف اعتقادي

لسخف اعتقادي

I trusted my times

And my trust in my fate

I placed my trust in fate

because my belief was foolish.

Due to my foolish belief

Out of the foolishness of my belief,

ومن فرط حمقي

ومن فرط حمقي

سخائي بزادي

سخائي بزادي

And from my great folly came

And from the excess of my idiocy

And out of my sheer folly,

my generosity with my provisions,

My generosity with my provision

I gave away my provisions freely.

وقصدي صلاحا

وقصدي صلاحا

بأرض الفساد

بأرض الفساد

and my pursuit of goodness

And my seeking righteousness

I sought to establish good

in a land of corruption,

In the land of corruption

In a land of corruption,

وعرضي نفيسا

وعرضي نفيسا

بسوق الكساد

بسوق الكساد

and my offering something precious

And my exposing myself

And offered my precious wares

in a stagnant market.

In the market of recession

In a market of stagnation.

هي الأرض مهد

هي الأرض مهد

لشتى العوادي

لشتى العوادي

The earth is a cradle

This is the land, cradle

The earth is but a cradle

for all kinds of calamities.

Of all maladies

For all manner of misfortunes.

أرى ضر زيد

أرى ضر زيد

بها من زياد

بها من زياد

I see Zayd harmed

I see the harm of Zayd in it

I see the harm done to Zayd

there by Ziyad,

More than the increase of Ziyad

Comes from the hand of Ziyad,

وتفكيرسعد

وتفكيرسعد

بها في سعاد

بها في سعاد

and Sa'd thinking

And Sa'd's thinking in it

And Sa'd's only thought therein

there about Su'ad.

Of happiness

Is occupied with Su'ad.

أرى الغي يفشو

أرى الغي يفشو

بها في ازدياد

بها في ازدياد

I see waywardness spreading,

I see misguidance spreading

I see transgression spreading

ever increasing there.

In it, on the rise

And constantly increasing therein,

وفي الدين داع

وفي الدين داع

إلى الرشد هادي

إلى الرشد هادي

And in religion is a caller

And in religion an invitation

Yet in religion there is a caller,

guiding toward righteousness.

To the right guide

A guide to the right path.

ولله لطفان

ولله لطفان

خاف وبادي

خاف وبادي

And God's grace is twofold:

And for Allah two kinds of kindness

God possesses two mercies:

hidden and manifest.

Feared and far-reached

One hidden, and one revealed.

فماخاب ملق

فماخاب ملق

له بالقياد

له بالقياد

So none has failed who yields

So no seeker of Him

He is never disappointed who surrenders

the reins to Him.

Has missed His company

The reins of his life to Him.

لك الله فاصحبر

لك الله فاصحبر

بدار النكاد

بدار النكاد

You have God, so be patient

To Allah belongs the affair so be patient

God is your aid, so be patient

in the abode of misery.

In the abode of trials

In this abode of vexation,

فكل متاع

فكل متاع

بها للنفاد

بها للنفاد

For every worldly good

For all belongings in it

For every worldly pleasure within it

on earth is destined to perish.

Are prone to loss

Is destined to vanish.

زماند حرب

زماند حرب

لحر المبادي

لحر المبادي

Your age is at war

Time's war is

Your era is at war

with the man of noble principles.

Against the free spirits

With those of noble principles,

وجيلك مغرى

وجيلك مغرى

بجحد الأيادي

بجحد الأيادي

And your generation is drawn

And your generation is tempted

And your generation is obsessed

to denying acts of kindness.

To reject favors

With denying favors received.

خف الله وارقب

خف الله وارقب

ثواب المعاد

ثواب المعاد

Fear God, and await

Fear God and watch over

Fear God, and await

the reward of the hereafter.

The reward of the Hereafter

The reward of the Hereafter.