ما مِن يَدٍ في الناسِ واحِدَةٍ

ما مِن يَدٍ في الناسِ واحِدَةٍ

كَيَدٍ أَبو العَبّاسِ مَولاها

كَيَدٍ أَبو العَبّاسِ مَولاها

There is not a single hand among people

There is no hand among the people, not a single one,

Like the hand whose master is Abu al-Abbas.

Like the hand of which Abu al-Abbas is the master.

نامَ الثُقاتُ عَلى مَضاجِعِهِم

نامَ الثُقاتُ عَلى مَضاجِعِهِم

وَسَرى إِلى نَفسي فَأَحياها

وَسَرى إِلى نَفسي فَأَحياها

The trusted men slept upon their beds,

The trusted guards slept soundly upon their beds,

And he came by night to my soul and revived it.

But he journeyed by night to my soul and revived it.

قَد كُنتُ خِفتُكَ ثُمَّ أَمَّنَني

قَد كُنتُ خِفتُكَ ثُمَّ أَمَّنَني

مِن أَن أَخافَكَ خَوفُكَ اللَهُ

مِن أَن أَخافَكَ خَوفُكَ اللَهُ

I had indeed feared you; then I was made safe

I had feared you once, but then I was granted safety

From fearing you, by your fear of God.

From fearing you, by your own fear of God.

فَعَفَوتُ عَنّي عَفوَ مُقتَدِرٍ

فَعَفَوتُ عَنّي عَفوَ مُقتَدِرٍ

حَلَّت لَهُ نِقَمٌ فَأَلغاها

حَلَّت لَهُ نِقَمٌ فَأَلغاها

So I pardoned myself as one with power pardons,

For you pardoned me with the pardon of a powerful one,

For whom reprisals were lawful, yet he waived them.

To whom vengeance was lawful, yet he cast it aside.