رحمة الله على سيدتي

رحمة الله على سيدتي

وسقى الله ثراها وجزاها

وسقى الله ثراها وجزاها

God’s mercy be upon my lady,

May God's mercy rest upon my lady.

and may God rain upon her grave and reward her.

And may God water her grave and reward her.

حرمتني الشاش حتى ذهبت

حرمتني الشاش حتى ذهبت

فكستني الخز في الموت يداها

فكستني الخز في الموت يداها

She denied me even coarse cloth until she was gone;

She denied me muslin until she departed;

in death, her own hands clothed me in silk.

Then in death her hands clothed me in silk.

وحمتني الماء حتى احتجبت

وحمتني الماء حتى احتجبت

فَسُقِيتُ الشهد من فيض نداها

فَسُقِيتُ الشهد من فيض نداها

She withheld even water from me until she vanished from sight;

And she denied me water until she passed from sight;

then I was given honey to drink from the overflow of her bounty.

Then I was given honey to drink from her overflowing bounty.

صار لي من بعدها منزلها

صار لي من بعدها منزلها

والدكاكين وآلت ضيعتاها

والدكاكين وآلت ضيعتاها

After she was gone, her house became mine,

Her house became mine after her death,

and the shops; her two estates passed to me—

And the shops; her two estates passed to me.

ثروة قد نهض الجوع بها

ثروة قد نهض الجوع بها

ومشى الحرمان فيها فبناها

ومشى الحرمان فيها فبناها

a fortune that hunger had raised,

A fortune that hunger had raised up,

and deprivation strode through it and built it.

And deprivation walked through it and so built it.