يا أيها المولى الذي أرتجي

يا أيها المولى الذي أرتجي

به مسرات ودفعا لضير

به مسرات ودفعا لضير

O living procession, through you I hope

O master, in whom I place my hope

for joys and the warding off of harm.

For joys and the warding off of harm,

هذا سؤالٌ جاء مُستدعيا

هذا سؤالٌ جاء مُستدعيا

منكم جوابا فيه للنفس خير

منكم جوابا فيه للنفس خير

This question has come seeking

This is a question that has come seeking

from you an answer that holds good for the soul.

From you an answer that brings good to the soul.

فهو لعمري مثل روض وهل

فهو لعمري مثل روض وهل

في الروض أحلى من جواب الطوير

في الروض أحلى من جواب الطوير

For, by my life, it is like a garden—and is there

For it, by my life, is like a garden—and is there

within a garden anything sweeter than the birds’ reply?

In the garden anything sweeter than the little bird’s reply?