يا غُرَّةً في جَبهَةِ الدَهرِ

يا غُرَّةً في جَبهَةِ الدَهرِ

إِلى مَتى تَنظُرُ في أَمري

إِلى مَتى تَنظُرُ في أَمري

O bright blaze upon the brow of Time,

O you with radiant forehead in the realm of time

How long will you consider my case?

How long will you look upon my affair?

أَطلِق لِيَ الرَسمَ الَّذي كُنتُ قَد

أَطلِق لِيَ الرَسمَ الَّذي كُنتُ قَد

عَلَّقتُهُ في ثَبَتِ البِرِّ

عَلَّقتُهُ في ثَبَتِ البِرِّ

Release to me the allowance that I had already

Release to me that favor which I had

entered in the register of benevolence.

Suspended on the pillar of righteousness

وَوَصِّ جَدواكَ بِتَعجيلِهِ

وَوَصِّ جَدواكَ بِتَعجيلِهِ

لِناصِحٍ في خِدمَةِ الشُكرِ

لِناصِحٍ في خِدمَةِ الشُكرِ

And bid your bounty hasten it

And urge your servant for its quick fulfillment

for one devoted to the service of gratitude.

To one who gives good counsel in service and gratitude

فَما تَقاضَيتُكَ إِلّا وَقَد

فَما تَقاضَيتُكَ إِلّا وَقَد

لا زَمَني خَصمٌ مِنَ الضُرِّ

لا زَمَني خَصمٌ مِنَ الضُرِّ

For I did not press you for payment until

For I have only asked of you when pressed

a foe born of hardship had beset me.

By a relentless adversary of woe