أَلَم تَرَني وَالحَمدُ لِلَّه أَنَّني

أَلَم تَرَني وَالحَمدُ لِلَّه أَنَّني

بَرِئتُ وَداواني بِمَعروفِه بِشرُ

بَرِئتُ وَداواني بِمَعروفِه بِشرُ

Have you not seen—praise be to God—that I

Did you not see me praising God that I

have recovered, and Bishr has healed me with his kindness?

Recovered, and he cured me with his kindness?

رَعى ما رَعى مَروانُ مِنّيَ قَبلَهُ

رَعى ما رَعى مَروانُ مِنّيَ قَبلَهُ

فَصحَّت لَهُ مِنّي النَصيحَةُ وَالشُكرُ

فَصحَّت لَهُ مِنّي النَصيحَةُ وَالشُكرُ

He cared for me as Marwan had cared for me before him;

Marwan tended me before him

so my loyalty and gratitude to him proved sincere.

So my advice and thanks to him were sincere

فَفي كُلِّ عامٍ عاشَهُ الدهرَ صالِحاً

فَفي كُلِّ عامٍ عاشَهُ الدهرَ صالِحاً

عليَّ لِرَبِّ العالَمينَ له نَذرُ

عليَّ لِرَبِّ العالَمينَ له نَذرُ

So for every year he lives in good health as time passes,

Thus every year he lives virtuously

I owe the Lord of the worlds a vow for his sake.

I make, for the Lord of the Worlds, a vow

إِذا ما أَبو مَروانَ خَلّي مَكانَهُ

إِذا ما أَبو مَروانَ خَلّي مَكانَهُ

فَلا تَهنأِ الدُنيا وَلا يُرسَلِ القَطرُ

فَلا تَهنأِ الدُنيا وَلا يُرسَلِ القَطرُ

If Abu Marwan ever vacates his place,

When Abu Marwan leaves his place

then may the world be joyless, and may no rain be sent down;

The world will not be pleasant, nor rain fall

وَلا يَهنىء الناسَ الوِلادَةُ بينَهُم

وَلا يَهنىء الناسَ الوِلادَةُ بينَهُم

وَلا يَبقَ فَوقَ الأَرضِ مِن أَهلِها شَفرُ

وَلا يَبقَ فَوقَ الأَرضِ مِن أَهلِها شَفرُ

and may births among them bring people no joy;

People will not rejoice in births among them

and may not one of its inhabitants remain upon the earth.

Nor on earth remain anything of value

فَلَيسَ البُحورُ بِالَّتي تُخبِرونَني

فَلَيسَ البُحورُ بِالَّتي تُخبِرونَني

وَلَكِن أَبو مَروانَ بِشرٌ هُوَ البَحرُ

وَلَكِن أَبو مَروانَ بِشرٌ هُوَ البَحرُ

For the seas are not the ones you tell me about;

It's not the seas you tell me of

rather, Abu Marwan—Bishr—is the sea.

Rather, Abu Marwan is the ocean, a man he is the sea