رُعتُهُ يَوماً وَقَد نا

رُعتُهُ يَوماً وَقَد نا

مَ بِقَرعِ الجُلجُلَينِ

مَ بِقَرعِ الجُلجُلَينِ

I startled him one day while he

I was with him one day when

I startled him one day while he was

slept, by striking the two bells.

The ringing of the anklets awoke him,

Sleeping, with the ringing of twin bells.

قالَ لي حَرَّكتَ هَذا

قالَ لي حَرَّكتَ هَذا

أَنتَ يا طالِبَ شَينِ

أَنتَ يا طالِبَ شَينِ

He said to me, “Did you move this,

He said to me, "You have awakened them -

He said to me, 'Did you set this moving,

you seeker of disgrace?”

You, O seeker of evil!"

You, O seeker of disgrace?'

قُلتُ لا تَفديكَ نَفسي

قُلتُ لا تَفديكَ نَفسي

وَجَميعُ الثَقَلَينِ

وَجَميعُ الثَقَلَينِ

I said, “No—may my soul ransom you,

I said, "May my soul redeem you,

I said, 'No—may my soul be your ransom,

and all humankind and jinn.”

And both worlds!"

And all the worlds of men and jinn.'