ما يقولُ الفقيهُ أبقاه ذو العر

ما يقولُ الفقيهُ أبقاه ذو العر

شِ بقاءً يقضي له بالخلودِ

شِ بقاءً يقضي له بالخلودِ

What does the jurist say—may the Lord of the Throne preserve him

What the scholar says lasts, preserved

with a life that assures him immortality—

By the generous one with eternal life

والذي ما لَنا إذا هجمَ الفق

والذي ما لَنا إذا هجمَ الفق

رُ سوى ظلِّ جودِه الممدودِ

رُ سوى ظلِّ جودِه الممدودِ

with whom, when poverty strikes, we have no refuge

And we have nothing when poverty attacks

but the outstretched shade of his generosity,

Except the shade of his outstretched generosity

في أناسٍ تجمّعوا ليس فيهِمْ

في أناسٍ تجمّعوا ليس فيهِمْ

أحدٌ ينطوي على موجودِ

أحدٌ ينطوي على موجودِ

about people who have gathered, among whom

Among people gathered with nothing inside them

not one possesses any means?

No one has real wealth

يشتكون الظما وقد عكفوا من

يشتكون الظما وقد عكفوا من

كَ على صفْوِ باردٍ مورودِ

كَ على صفْوِ باردٍ مورودِ

They complain of thirst, though they have remained

They complain of thirst while sitting

at your clear, cool water, sought out for drinking.

On a cold, fresh, flowing drink

رفعوا أمرَهُم إليكَ وقالوا

رفعوا أمرَهُم إليكَ وقالوا

ليس نهجُ السَدادِ بالمَسْدود

ليس نهجُ السَدادِ بالمَسْدود

They brought their case before you and said:

They raised their case to you and said

The path of right conduct is not barred.

The path of righteousness is not blocked

أتَرى نجمَ طيرِهم بسُعودِ

أتَرى نجمَ طيرِهم بسُعودِ

قد جرى الآن أم بغير سُعودِ

قد جرى الآن أم بغير سُعودِ

Do you think the star of their fortune, under auspicious signs,

Do you see the star of their luck rising

has now moved, or without auspicious signs?

Whether with or without luck

الجوابَ الجوابَ يرحمُك الل

الجوابَ الجوابَ يرحمُك الل

هُ على رُغمِ أنفِ كلِّ حَسودِ

هُ على رُغمِ أنفِ كلِّ حَسودِ

An answer, an answer! May God have mercy on you,

The answer, the answer - may God have mercy on you

in spite of every envier.

Despite the grudges of all the envious