أَلْبَسَكَ اللهُ بُرْدَ بُرْءِ

أَلْبَسَكَ اللهُ بُرْدَ بُرْءِ

يَدْرَأُ سُقْمَكَ خَيْرَ دَرْءِ

يَدْرَأُ سُقْمَكَ خَيْرَ دَرْءِ

May God clothe you in a mantle of recovery,

May Allah cloak you in perfect health

May God clothe you in the cloak of recovery,

warding off your illness with the finest warding.

To fend off any illness most well

Warding off your ailment with the finest defense.

قَدْ هَاجَ هَمِّي يَا بْنَ عَمِّي

قَدْ هَاجَ هَمِّي يَا بْنَ عَمِّي

شَكْوُكَ صَارَ لِحِلْفِ شَرْءِ

شَكْوُكَ صَارَ لِحِلْفِ شَرْءِ

My worry has indeed been stirred, O son of my uncle;

My worries have stirred, O cousin mine

My worry has been stirred, O cousin,

your complaint has come to a sworn companion of sharʾ [meaning uncertain].

Your plight makes me swear and whine

As your ailment became allied with hardship.

وَعُدْتَ أنتَ الصحيحَ جِسْماً

وَعُدْتَ أنتَ الصحيحَ جِسْماً

عَوْداً يُعيدُ الْعُلاَ لِبَدْءِ

عَوْداً يُعيدُ الْعُلاَ لِبَدْءِ

And may you yourself return sound in body,

You will heal, body full of might

May you return whole and sound in body,

a return that restores glory to its beginning.

Returning to power without a fight

A return that restores glory to its beginnings.

وَاللهُ يَقْضِي بِمَا سَيُرْضِي

وَاللهُ يَقْضِي بِمَا سَيُرْضِي

بِلاَ عَنَاءٍ لِخَيْرِ مَرْءِ

بِلاَ عَنَاءٍ لِخَيْرِ مَرْءِ

And may God decree what will bring contentment,

Allah wills what we hope will please

And God decrees that which brings contentment,

without hardship, for the best of men.

With no toil, for the good of all these

Without suffering, for the finest of men.

آمِينَ كانَ الذي أَرَدْنا

آمِينَ كانَ الذي أَرَدْنا

بِإِذْنِ مُخْرِجِ كُلِّ خَبْءِ

بِإِذْنِ مُخْرِجِ كُلِّ خَبْءِ

Amen—may what we wished for come to pass,

Amen, our wish will come to pass

Amen, may all that we wished for come to pass,

by permission of Him who brings forth every hidden thing.

By will of Revealer of all that's crass

By the leave of the Revealer of every hidden thing.