أحمدُ الله بكَ الحال الَّتي

أحمدُ الله بكَ الحال الَّتي

أسْعَدُ التَّوفيق فيها ليسَ يُبْخَسُ

أسْعَدُ التَّوفيق فيها ليسَ يُبْخَسُ

I praise God, on your account, for the state in which

I praise God, thanks to you, for the state in which

I praised Allah for granting me

the happiest stroke of fortune is not diminished:

The best of good fortune goes undiminished.

Good fortune that cannot be diminished

ماتَ من قد كنت أرجو موته

ماتَ من قد كنت أرجو موته

فهو ميت هالك لا يتنفَّس

فهو ميت هالك لا يتنفَّس

the man whose death I had been hoping for has died;

The one whose death I had hoped for has died.

He who I wished would die has died

he is dead, perished, and does not breathe.

So he is dead, perished, and does not breathe.

So he is dead, destroyed, no longer breathing

وأحقُّ النَّاس في ميراثه

وأحقُّ النَّاس في ميراثه

أخرسٌ يطمع في ميراث أخرس

أخرسٌ يطمع في ميراث أخرس

And the person most entitled to his estate

And the person most entitled to his inheritance is

And most deserving of his inheritance

is Akhras, coveting the estate of a mute.

A mute—Akhras—who covets a mute's inheritance.

Is a mute who hopes to inherit from another mute