خليلي لا تجزع من الجوع إنه

خليلي لا تجزع من الجوع إنه

إلى كل معتل هو الغاية الكبرى

إلى كل معتل هو الغاية الكبرى

My friend, do not be distressed by hunger, for it

My friend, do not despair from hunger, for it

My friend, do not fret over hunger, for it is

is the highest goal for every ailing person.

Is the greatest goal for every sick person

The supreme objective for every ailing body.

لانك مصدوع وإن بت آكلا

لانك مصدوع وإن بت آكلا

يثير صداعاً ذلك الأكل والصفرا

يثير صداعاً ذلك الأكل والصفرا

For you have a headache, and if you spend the night eating,

Because you are suffering from headache, even if you eat

For you suffer a headache, and were you to spend the night eating,

that eating and yellow bile will provoke a headache.

That food will cause headache and jaundice

That food would only stir up the headache and the bile.

وعبدك إن يشفيه مولاه في غد

وعبدك إن يشفيه مولاه في غد

سيأكل أكل الفيل فاهنأ بها بشرى

سيأكل أكل الفيل فاهنأ بها بشرى

And your servant, if his Lord heals him tomorrow,

And if your Master cures you tomorrow

And your humble servant, should his Master cure him tomorrow,

will eat like an elephant—so rejoice in this glad news—

You will eat like an elephant, so rejoice at the good news

Will eat like an elephant, so rejoice in the glad tidings.

ليقضي الذي قد فات إذ كان واجباً

ليقضي الذي قد فات إذ كان واجباً

وفي الشرع تقضى كل فائتة قسرا

وفي الشرع تقضى كل فائتة قسرا

to make up for what was missed, since it was obligatory;

To make up for what has passed, since it was obligatory

To make up for what was missed, since it was a bound duty,

and under religious law, every missed obligation is made up by compulsion.

And in Sharia every obligation missed is to be made up for perforce

And in the Holy Law, every missed obligation is mandatorily repaid.