عشت وشفت [Eisht W Shoft] [English translation]

How can my conscience rest?

and how I can I sleep and rest?

I'm no longer at peace

And I suspect people around me of treachery

People who leave us

are people we cannot bring back

And life itself is not a sure deal

when you live among treacherous people

I've lived and saw1 tyranny

Have mercy, oh God's people

People scoff at death

And oh God, lend us patience

Is this a life

or are we living among wolves?

It stuns me how some think this life is not being overseen

Oh dear Lord

How awful is the evil and grudges of men

Who knows

where you all learned to be this callous

To cut a long story short

I say to those who blatantly commit sins and offenses

I believe fully

that God's justice never spares anyone

1. Note: The title 'I've lived and saw' can be taken literally as in this sentence but can also be idiomatic as in: I've been around the block/I am very experienced.