تقول بنيّ الجائعون أما ترى

تقول بنيّ الجائعون أما ترى

من الجوع شكوانا لكلّ فريق

من الجوع شكوانا لكلّ فريق

She says, “My sons are hungry—do you not see

My hungry sons say: Do you not see

how hunger makes us voice our complaint to every faction?”

our complaint of hunger to every group?

وقد كنتُ ذا نظمٍ وسعي ببرّنا

وقد كنتُ ذا نظمٍ وسعي ببرّنا

فلم جئت من هذا وذا بدقيق

فلم جئت من هذا وذا بدقيق

You were once a poet, striving to care for us—

And I was a man of verse and striving for our welfare;

why, then, did you come from this man and that bearing flour?

so why have you brought flour from this and that?

عليكَ بأبواب الإمام محمد

عليكَ بأبواب الإمام محمد

تجد فرجاً منها لكلّ مضيق

تجد فرجاً منها لكلّ مضيق

Betake yourself to the doors of Imam Muhammad:

Turn to the doors of Imam Muhammad;

there you will find relief for everyone in straits.

through them you will find relief from every hardship.

وما هي إلا بيت مالٍ لطالب

وما هي إلا بيت مالٍ لطالب

ونصرة آمال ونجح طريق

ونصرة آمال ونجح طريق

They are nothing but a public treasury for the seeker,

They are nothing but a treasury for a seeker,

the support of hopes and the success of a quest.

and support for hopes, and success along the path.