أَيُّها الناسُ اِرحَموني

أَيُّها الناسُ اِرحَموني

وَتَمَشّوا بي إِلَيهِ

وَتَمَشّوا بي إِلَيهِ

O people, have mercy on me,

O people, have mercy on me

O people, have mercy upon me,

And walk with me to him.

And walk with me to Him

And guide my steps slowly toward him.

كَلِّموهُ في سُكونٍ

كَلِّموهُ في سُكونٍ

لا تَشُقُّنَّ عَلَيهِ

لا تَشُقُّنَّ عَلَيهِ

Speak to him calmly;

Speak to Him calmly

Speak to him with gentle calm,

Do not be hard on him.

Do not make it difficult for Him

And do not press him too hard.

كَلِّموهُ اليَومَ يَرضى

كَلِّموهُ اليَومَ يَرضى

عَن أَسيرٍ في يَدَيهِ

عَن أَسيرٍ في يَدَيهِ

Speak to him today, that he may be pleased

Speak to Him today, He will be pleased

Speak to him today, that he may be pleased

With a captive in his hands.

With a prisoner in His hands

With a captive held fast in his hands.

لَو رَأَيتُم حينَ يَمشي

لَو رَأَيتُم حينَ يَمشي

كاسِراً مِن حاجِبَيهِ

كاسِراً مِن حاجِبَيهِ

If you saw him as he walks,

If you saw Him walking

If only you saw him when he walks,

With his brows drawn down,

With eyes cast down

With the languid arch of his brow,

في إِزارٍ قَد لَواهُ

في إِزارٍ قَد لَواهُ

ثُمَّ دَلّى طَرَفَيهِ

ثُمَّ دَلّى طَرَفَيهِ

In a waist-wrap he has wound around himself,

In a wrap He wore

In a garment he has artfully wound,

Then let its two ends hang down,

Then lowered His gaze

Letting its two ends trail down,

قُلتُمُ ذا الفَتكُ حَقّاً

قُلتُمُ ذا الفَتكُ حَقّاً

لَيسَ ما نَحنُ عَلَيهِ

لَيسَ ما نَحنُ عَلَيهِ

You would say, ‘This is truly slaying,

You would say this grace, truly

You would say: "This is true destruction,"

Not what we are about.’

Is not what we are upon

"Not the life that we knew before."