عاتَبَني الفَضلُ إِذ رَآني

عاتَبَني الفَضلُ إِذ رَآني

أَسعى إِلَيكُم في كُلِّ يَومِ

أَسعى إِلَيكُم في كُلِّ يَومِ

Merit rebuked me when he saw me,

Merit reproached me when it saw me

making my way to you, day after day.

making my way to you every day,

وَقالَ لي لا جُزيتَ خَيراً

وَقالَ لي لا جُزيتَ خَيراً

ضَيَّعتَني عِندَ شَرِّ قَومِ

ضَيَّعتَني عِندَ شَرِّ قَومِ

And he said, “May no good be your reward—

and said to me, “May you not be rewarded with good!

you have squandered me among the worst of men.”

You have squandered me among the worst of people.”