عجباً يا قوم للصُنْ

عجباً يا قوم للصُنْ

عِ وأسبابِ العطايا

عِ وأسبابِ العطايا

How wondrous, O people, are the workings

How strange, my people, of wealth

and the causes of gifts!

And causes of gifts

كلَّ يوم يُخرِجُ الدهْ

كلَّ يوم يُخرِجُ الدهْ

رُ لنا مِنه خبايا

رُ لنا مِنه خبايا

Every day, Time brings forth

Each day the treasure brings forth for us

for us hidden things from within itself.

From it hidden things

صِرتَ يا حامدُ تُستكْ

صِرتَ يا حامدُ تُستكْ

فَى وتسترعي الرعايا

فَى وتسترعي الرعايا

You have come, O Hamid, to be relied

You have become, O Hamid, self-sufficient

upon and charged to shepherd the subjects.

And you pasture the subjects

ويح هاتيكَ الرعايا

ويح هاتيكَ الرعايا

فلقد أمسَتْ سبايا

فلقد أمسَتْ سبايا

Alas for those subjects!

Woe to you, those subjects

For they have become captives.

For they have become captivated

لستَ تألوها خَبالاً

لستَ تألوها خَبالاً

في خَراجٍ وبقايا

في خَراجٍ وبقايا

You spare them no ruin

You do not desire them wrongly

in land tax and arrears.

In taxes and remnants

دائباً تُصْلِيَها طو

دائباً تُصْلِيَها طو

راً وتُغزيها السّرايا

راً وتُغزيها السّرايا

Relentlessly you scorch them at

Always praying on them hastily

times, and send raiding detachments against them.

And raiding them, the horses

لا رعاكَ اللَّهُ عبداً

لا رعاكَ اللَّهُ عبداً

غيرَ راعٍ للوصايا

غيرَ راعٍ للوصايا

May God not watch over you—a servant

May God not shepherd you, a servant

heedless of injunctions.

Other than a keeper of the commandments

فلقد أصبحتَ للدوْ

فلقد أصبحتَ للدوْ

لةِ من أخزَى الخزايا

لةِ من أخزَى الخزايا

For you have become, for the

For you have become for the state

state, one of the most shameful disgraces.

Among the most disgraceful disgraces

بك صارتْ نِعمُ اللَّ

بك صارتْ نِعمُ اللَّ

هِ على الخلقِ رزايا

هِ على الخلقِ رزايا

Through you, the blessings of

Through you, God’s blessings upon people became butchery

God have become calamities for mankind.

The farm became for the weak worries and afflictions

صارتِ الضيعةُ للتأ

صارتِ الضيعةُ للتأ

ني هموماً وبلايا

ني هموماً وبلايا

The estate has become, for the

While for you are the boys, the horses, and types of steeds

landholder, cares and afflictions.

When you do not thank the blessing

ولك الغِلمانُ والخي

ولك الغِلمانُ والخي

لُ وأنواعُ المطايا

لُ وأنواعُ المطايا

And yours are the servant boys and

And you do not fear the death throes

horses, and all kinds of mounts.

Do not be deluded, for the Knower of secrets will not neglect

حين لا تشكرُ نَعْما

حين لا تشكرُ نَعْما

ءً ولا تخشَى المنايا

ءً ولا تخشَى المنايا

While you give no thanks for bounty

Evil is what you have rewarded what guidance He gave you.

and have no fear of death.

لا تُغَرَّنَّ فلن يغ

لا تُغَرَّنَّ فلن يغ

فَلَ علّامُ الخفايا

فَلَ علّامُ الخفايا

Do not be deluded, for He will not

be heedless—the All-Knower of hidden things.

بِئسَ ما كافأتَ ما أهْ

بِئسَ ما كافأتَ ما أهْ

دَاهُ من حُرِّ الهدايا

دَاهُ من حُرِّ الهدايا

How ill you have requited what He

bestowed—gifts of the finest kind!