يا ذا الذي ضنَّ بآزَاذِهِ

يا ذا الذي ضنَّ بآزَاذِهِ

تَعَرُّضاً منا لتوبيخِهِ

تَعَرُّضاً منا لتوبيخِهِ

O you who were stingy with your Azadh dates,

O you who reproached me for my faults

we venture to rebuke you.

Exposing me to your rebuke

ما كنتُ أدْرِي أن آزاذكم

ما كنتُ أدْرِي أن آزاذكم

معتصم باللّه في ذِيخِهِ

معتصم باللّه في ذِيخِهِ

I had not known that your Azadh palm

I did not know your dignity

sought refuge with God in its fruit-cluster,

Was guarded by God in its glory

حتى علمنا علم مستيقِنٍ

حتى علمنا علم مستيقِنٍ

أن الثريا من شَمَاريخه

أن الثريا من شَمَاريخه

until we knew with absolute certainty

Until we learned with certainty

that the Pleiades were among its date-bearing stalks.

That the Pleiades are among its jewels