عجّلَ اللهُ برءَ اسْماعيلا

عجّلَ اللهُ برءَ اسْماعيلا

وجَلاهُ الشِّفاءُ عضباً ثَقيلا

وجَلاهُ الشِّفاءُ عضباً ثَقيلا

May God hasten Isma'il's recovery,

God hasten the recovery of Ismail

and may healing burnish him into a keen, weighty sword.

And grant him speedy healing from his grave illness

لا يَرُوعَنّهُ الذُّبولُ فقِدْماً

لا يَرُوعَنّهُ الذُّبولُ فقِدْماً

قد حَمِدْنا منَ القَناةِ الذُّبولا

قد حَمِدْنا منَ القَناةِ الذُّبولا

Let wasting not alarm him, for long ago

Let not wilting afflict his steps

we praised slender suppleness in the spear-shaft.

We have had enough of canal's wilting

ونَسيمُ الرِّياضِ لا يكتسي الصِّحْ

ونَسيمُ الرِّياضِ لا يكتسي الصِّحْ

حَةَ إلاّ بأنْ يهبَّ عَليلا

حَةَ إلاّ بأنْ يهبَّ عَليلا

And the breeze of the gardens is not clothed in

And the breeze of gardens wears no health

health unless it blows gently—'ailing.'

Except to blow upon one who is ill