تَعالى اللَهُ يَجزي كُلَّ أَمرٍ

تَعالى اللَهُ يَجزي كُلَّ أَمرٍ

وَإِن كَرِهَ العِبادُ بِما أَحَبّا

وَإِن كَرِهَ العِبادُ بِما أَحَبّا

God is exalted, who recompenses every man—

Exalted is God, who settles every matter,

though mankind may disapprove—with what he loved.

As He pleases, even if His servants dislike it.

بَرا سوقاً وَأَملاكاً عَلَيهِم

بَرا سوقاً وَأَملاكاً عَلَيهِم

وَقَدَّرَ مِنهُمُ عَبداً وَرَبّا

وَقَدَّرَ مِنهُمُ عَبداً وَرَبّا

He fashioned commoners, and kings above them,

He created commoners and kings over them,

and ordained among them slave and master.

And ordained among them a slave and a master.

وَفَضَّلَ في الكِتابَةِ آلَ وَهبٍ

وَفَضَّلَ في الكِتابَةِ آلَ وَهبٍ

وَقَدَّمَ بَينَهُم بِالضَرطِ وَهبا

وَقَدَّمَ بَينَهُم بِالضَرطِ وَهبا

In the scribal art He favored the House of Wahb,

And favored the family of Wahb in scribal work,

and set Wahb foremost among them—for farting.

And gave Wahb precedence among them for his farting.

أَكَبَّ عَلى الوَزيرِ يُريدُ قَولاً

أَكَبَّ عَلى الوَزيرِ يُريدُ قَولاً

فَأَرسَلَ ضَرطَةً لَمّا أَكَبّا

فَأَرسَلَ ضَرطَةً لَمّا أَكَبّا

He leaned toward the vizier, intending to speak,

He bent over the vizier, wishing to speak,

then let loose a fart as he bent down.

Then let out a fart when he bent over.

فَيا لَكِ ضَرطَةً حَلَّت مَكاناً

فَيا لَكِ ضَرطَةً حَلَّت مَكاناً

وَسارَ حَديثُها شَرقاً وَغَربا

وَسارَ حَديثُها شَرقاً وَغَربا

Ah, what a fart! It landed in quite a place,

Oh, what a fart you were, settling in such a place!

and its story spread through East and West.

And word of it traveled east and west.