فَدَيتُ مَن حَمَّلتُهُ حاجَةً

فَدَيتُ مَن حَمَّلتُهُ حاجَةً

فَرَدَّني مِنهُ بِفَضلِ الحَياءِ

فَرَدَّني مِنهُ بِفَضلِ الحَياءِ

I would give my life for the one I burdened with a request,

May I be the ransom for one to whom I entrusted a desire,

but he turned me away from him out of great modesty.

Yet who turned me away out of sheer modesty,

وَقالَ ما شِئتَ فَسَل غَيرَنا

وَقالَ ما شِئتَ فَسَل غَيرَنا

فَفي الَّذي تَطلُبُ جازَ الإِباءِ

فَفي الَّذي تَطلُبُ جازَ الإِباءِ

And he said, “Whatever you wish, ask someone other than us;

Saying, "Whatever you wish, ask it of anyone but me,

for refusal is permissible in what you seek.”

For in what you request, refusal is justified."

فَقُلتُ ما لي حاجَةٌ غَيرَها

فَقُلتُ ما لي حاجَةٌ غَيرَها

فَقالَ ها مِنكَ لَقيتُ البَلاءِ

فَقالَ ها مِنكَ لَقيتُ البَلاءِ

So I said, “I have no request other than that.”

I replied, "I have no desire other than this."

Then he said, “Ah! What suffering I have endured because of you!”

He exclaimed, "Ah! What affliction I suffer because of you!"

ثُمَّ ثَنى ثَوباً عَلى وَجهِهِ

ثُمَّ ثَنى ثَوباً عَلى وَجهِهِ

فَبَلَّهُ مِن خَجَلٍ بِالبُكاء

فَبَلَّهُ مِن خَجَلٍ بِالبُكاء

Then he folded a garment over his face,

Then he drew a fold of his garment over his face,

and, in shame, soaked it with his tears.

And drenched it with weeping from his shame.