أذكِّر الوعدَ مولاَنَا ومالِكَنا

أذكِّر الوعدَ مولاَنَا ومالِكَنا

ولم يكُن ناسياً وعْدي فيذكر

ولم يكُن ناسياً وعْدي فيذكر

I remind our lord and master of the promise—

I remind the promise of our Master and Owner

Not that he had forgotten the promise to me and needed reminding.

And He was not forgetful of my promise that He may remember

لكِن هززتُ به ماضي الغِرار كما

لكِن هززتُ به ماضي الغِرار كما

يُهَزّ لِلْفتكةِ الصَّمصامةُ الذكرُ

يُهَزّ لِلْفتكةِ الصَّمصامةُ الذكرُ

But with it I stirred a keen-edged blade, as

But I shook the past of delusion as

The hard-tempered Ṣamṣāmah is brandished for a deadly stroke.

The male pheasant is shaken for copulation

والله قد أَمر الطّهر البتولَ بأن

والله قد أَمر الطّهر البتولَ بأن

تهزّ بالجذعِ حتّى يسقط الثّمرُ

تهزّ بالجذعِ حتّى يسقط الثّمرُ

And God indeed commanded the pure Virgin to

And Allah ordered the chaste virgin

Shake the trunk until the fruit fell.

To shake the trunk until the fruit falls

لَو شاء جلَّ لأَغناهَا وأطعَمَها

لَو شاء جلَّ لأَغناهَا وأطعَمَها

مما تشاءُ ولا جذعٌ ولا شجرُ

مما تشاءُ ولا جذعٌ ولا شجرُ

Had He willed—exalted is He—He would have freed her from need and fed her

If the Majestic willed, He would have satisfied her and fed her

Whatever she desired, without trunk or tree.

From whatever she wants, without a trunk or a tree

وكم شكَونا لَه سبحانه ضَرَراً

وكم شكَونا لَه سبحانه ضَرَراً

ومنه كان امتحاناً ذكَ الضررُ

ومنه كان امتحاناً ذكَ الضررُ

And how often we complained to Him—glory be to Him—of harm,

And how much did we complain to Him, glory be to Him, of harm

And that harm came from Him as a trial.

And from Him was it a test, the harm was remembered