ايظلمني الزمان وانت فيه

ايظلمني الزمان وانت فيه

لمن فيه باذن الله غوث

لمن فيه باذن الله غوث

Can time wrong me while you are in it?

Can time wrong me while you are in it,

For all who are in it, by God’s leave, you are succor.

A source of succor to those within it, by God's leave?

واخشى يا ابا العلمين ضيماً

واخشى يا ابا العلمين ضيماً

وتاكلني الذئاب وانت ليث

وتاكلني الذئاب وانت ليث

Should I fear, O father of the worlds, beasts of prey,

And should I fear oppression, O Abu al-‘Alamayn,

and wolves devour me, when you are a lion?

And wolves devour me while you are a lion?

ويروى من بنانك كل ظام

ويروى من بنانك كل ظام

بان فيه ما للغيث حيث

بان فيه ما للغيث حيث

Every thirsty soul is quenched by your fingertips;

And every thirsty one is slaked by your fingertips;

in them is manifest what rain itself can do, wherever

What rain possesses is manifest in them, for

يفجر ذا البنان بحور فضل

يفجر ذا البنان بحور فضل

واظمأ في حماك وانت غيث

واظمأ في حماك وانت غيث

this hand makes seas of bounty burst forth—

These fingertips pour forth seas of bounty.

and should I thirst in your sanctuary, when you are rain?

Yet should I thirst in your sanctuary while you are rain?