رُبَّ مَن سألَني ليَعلم حالي

رُبَّ مَن سألَني ليَعلم حالي

قلتُ بي علّةٌ من الإخبار

قلتُ بي علّةٌ من الإخبار

Many a person asked me to learn my condition.

Many have asked me to tell them of my state

I said, 'I am afflicted by recounting it.'

I said, "There is in me an aversion to telling."

زمنِي راح عابساً قمطريراً

زمنِي راح عابساً قمطريراً

بجميع الأبرار لا الفُجَّار

بجميع الأبرار لا الفُجَّار

My times have turned scowling and grim

My time has passed frowning, scowling,

toward all the righteous, not the wicked.

Among all the righteous, not the wicked.

حالُنا في ذِلّة وسكون

حالُنا في ذِلّة وسكون

مثل وصف الإله للكفّار

مثل وصف الإله للكفّار

Our state of humiliation and silence

Our state is one of abasement and tranquility,

is like God's description of the unbelievers:

As God has described the unbelievers -

يوم لا ينطِقون فيه ولا يؤ

يوم لا ينطِقون فيه ولا يؤ

ذَن في هُوْلِه لَهمْ باعتذار

ذَن في هُوْلِه لَهمْ باعتذار

a day when they do not speak, nor is permission

On a day when they will not speak, nor will it be granted them

granted them, amid its terror, to offer an excuse.

To offer excuses, so terrible it will be.