الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ رَبَّ العالمينَ عَلى

الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ رَبَّ العالمينَ عَلى

قُربي وَبُعدك مِنهُ يا ابن إِسحاقِ

قُربي وَبُعدك مِنهُ يا ابن إِسحاقِ

Praise be to God, Lord of all worlds, for

Praise be to God, Lord of all worlds, for

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, for

my nearness to Him and your distance from Him, O son of Ishaq.

my nearness to Him and your distance from Him, O son of Ishaq.

Your nearness and your distance from Him, O son of Ishaq

يا لَيتَ شِعري مَتى تَجدي عَليَّ وَقَد

يا لَيتَ شِعري مَتى تَجدي عَليَّ وَقَد

أَصبَحتَ رَبَّ دَنانيرٍ وَوراقِ

أَصبَحتَ رَبَّ دَنانيرٍ وَوراقِ

Would that I knew when you will show me generosity, now that

If only I knew when you would be generous to me, now that

Oh, would that I knew when you would remember me, now that

you have become master of dinars and silver.

you have become the owner of dinars and silver coins.

You have become lord of dinars and papers

تجدي عَليَّ إِذا ما قيلَ مِن راق

تجدي عَليَّ إِذا ما قيلَ مِن راق

وَالتفَّتِ الساقُ عِندَ المَوتِ بِالساقِ

وَالتفَّتِ الساقُ عِندَ المَوتِ بِالساقِ

Will you show me generosity when the cry goes up, “Who can heal?”

You will be generous to me when it is said, 'Who can heal?'

You will remember me when it is said from a skinny one

and, at death, one leg is entwined with the other—

and leg is entwined with leg at death—

And the leg turns at death to the leg

يَومٌ لِعَمري تَهمُّ الناسُ أَنفُسُهم

يَومٌ لِعَمري تَهمُّ الناسُ أَنفُسُهم

وَليسَ تَنفَعُ فيهِ رُقيَة الراقي

وَليسَ تَنفَعُ فيهِ رُقيَة الراقي

a day, by my life, when people care only for themselves,

a day, by my life, when people are preoccupied with themselves,

A day, by my life, when people are preoccupied with themselves

and no healer’s incantation is of any avail?

and the healer's incantation is of no use that day.

And incantations of the healer are of no use