سبحان من سخَّر من لطفه

سبحان من سخَّر من لطفه

كف بهاء الدين المعافي

كف بهاء الدين المعافي

Glory be to Him who, out of His kindness, made available

Glory to Him who, in His kindness, put into service

the hand of Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-Muʿāfī.

the hand of Baha al-Din al-Mu‘afi.

فقل له يا من له مورد

فقل له يا من له مورد

صاف وظل للندى ضافِ

صاف وظل للندى ضافِ

Then say to him: O you whose cooling refuge is

So say to him: “O you whose spring

serene, whose shade of bounty spreads wide:

is clear, whose shade of bounty spreads wide:

لو لم أكن بالبَردِ في شَتوتي

لو لم أكن بالبَردِ في شَتوتي

ملتحفا ما طال الحافي

ملتحفا ما طال الحافي

Had I not been wrapped in cold throughout my winter,

Had cold not been, in my winter,

the barefoot one would not have endured so long.

my cloak, my pleading would not have lasted so long.

والله ما ألحفت يا سيدي

والله ما ألحفت يا سيدي

إلا لأني رجل حافِ

إلا لأني رجل حافِ

By God, my lord, I have pressed my plea

By God, I have not importuned you, my lord,

only because I am a barefoot man.

except because I am a barefoot man.”