لَكَ الْبُشْرَى وَخُذْ مَا تَبْتَغِيهِ

لَكَ الْبُشْرَى وَخُذْ مَا تَبْتَغِيهِ

وَسَامِحْ مَنْطِقِي فِيمَا يَبُثُّ

وَسَامِحْ مَنْطِقِي فِيمَا يَبُثُّ

Glad tidings are yours, and take what you seek.

You have good tidings, so take what you desire,

Yours are the glad tidings, so take what you desire,

And pardon my speech for what it pours forth.

And forgive my outspokenness, however it flows.

And forgive my speech for what it reveals.

وَإِنْ كَانَ الزَّمَانُ أَرَاكَ ظُلْماً

وَإِنْ كَانَ الزَّمَانُ أَرَاكَ ظُلْماً

فَذَاكَ الظُّلْمُ لِلأَحْرَارِ مَغْثُ

فَذَاكَ الظُّلْمُ لِلأَحْرَارِ مَغْثُ

And if time has shown you injustice,

Even if time has shown you injustice,

And if time has shown you injustice,

then that injustice is a light blow to the free.

That injustice is relief for the free.

Such injustice is but a trifling affliction for the free.

وَرِدْ نَهْرَ الْبَلَاغَةِ سَلْسَبِيلاً

وَرِدْ نَهْرَ الْبَلَاغَةِ سَلْسَبِيلاً

فَقَدْ لَبَّى غَلِيلَكَ مِنْهُ نَفْثُ

فَقَدْ لَبَّى غَلِيلَكَ مِنْهُ نَفْثُ

And drink from the sweet-flowing river of eloquence,

Make the river of eloquence flow smoothly,

And draw from the river of eloquence, a sweet-flowing spring,

for a breath from it has quenched your burning thirst.

For its surge has clothed your agony.

For a mere breath from it has quenched your burning thirst.