حَكَيتَ لَنا الصِدّيقَ لَمّا وَلِيتَنا

حَكَيتَ لَنا الصِدّيقَ لَمّا وَلِيتَنا

وَعُثمانَ وَالفارُوقَ فاِرتاحَ مُعدِمُ

وَعُثمانَ وَالفارُوقَ فاِرتاحَ مُعدِمُ

You mirrored al-Siddiq for us when you took charge of us,

You emulated al-Siddiq for us when you became our ruler,

and Uthman and al-Faruq; so the destitute found relief.

and Uthman and al-Faruq; so the destitute rejoiced.

وَسَوَّيتَ بينَ النَّاسِ في الحَقِّ فَاِستَوَوا

وَسَوَّيتَ بينَ النَّاسِ في الحَقِّ فَاِستَوَوا

فَعادَ صَباحاً حالِكُ الليلِ مُظلِمُ

فَعادَ صَباحاً حالِكُ الليلِ مُظلِمُ

You made the people equal in justice, and equal they became;

And you gave the people equal justice, so they stood as equals;

then the pitch-black darkness of night turned into morning.

so the pitch-black darkness of night turned to morning.

أَتَاكَ أَبُو لَيلَى يَجُوبُ بِهِ الدُّجَى

أَتَاكَ أَبُو لَيلَى يَجُوبُ بِهِ الدُّجَى

دُجى الليلِ جَوّابُ الفَلاةِ عَثَمثَمُ

دُجى الليلِ جَوّابُ الفَلاةِ عَثَمثَمُ

Abu Layla came to you, while a mount bore him through the darkness—

Abu Layla came to you, borne through the darkness—

through night’s deep gloom—a mighty camel, crosser of the wastes—

the darkness of night—by a large, sturdy camel, a rover of the desert,

لِتَجبُرَ مِنهُ جَانباً ذَعذَعَت بِهِ

لِتَجبُرَ مِنهُ جَانباً ذَعذَعَت بِهِ

صُرُوفُ اللَيالي وَالزَمانُ المُصَمِّمُ

صُرُوفُ اللَيالي وَالزَمانُ المُصَمِّمُ

that you might mend in him a side that had been shaken

so you might mend a part of him shattered

by the turns of the nights and by implacable Time.

by the vicissitudes of the nights and unrelenting time.