أَجِبني أَبا حَفصٍ لَقيتَ مُحَمَّداً

أَجِبني أَبا حَفصٍ لَقيتَ مُحَمَّداً

عَلى حَوضِهِ مُستَبشِراً وَرآكا

عَلى حَوضِهِ مُستَبشِراً وَرآكا

Answer me, Abu Hafs; may you meet Muhammad

Answer me, O Abu Hafs, did you meet Muhammad

at his pool, rejoicing, and may he see you.

At his Pond, rejoicing, and he saw you?

فَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ كِلتا يَدَيكَ مُفيدَةٌ

فَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ كِلتا يَدَيكَ مُفيدَةٌ

شِمالُكَ خَيرٌ مِن يَمينِ سِواكا

شِمالُكَ خَيرٌ مِن يَمينِ سِواكا

For you are a man whose hands both bestow gifts;

So you are a man whose two hands are beneficial -

your left hand is better than anyone else's right.

Your left is better than the right of others.

عَلامَ حِجابي زادَكَ اللَهُ رِفعَةً

عَلامَ حِجابي زادَكَ اللَهُ رِفعَةً

وَفَضلاً وَماذا لِلحِجابِ دَعاكا

وَفَضلاً وَماذا لِلحِجابِ دَعاكا

Why am I kept out? May God increase your eminence

Why does the veil increase your loftiness

and excellence; and what prompted you to bar me?

And virtue? What has the veil summoned you to?

بَلَغتَ مَدى المُجرِمينَ قَبلَكَ إِذ جَروا

بَلَغتَ مَدى المُجرِمينَ قَبلَكَ إِذ جَروا

وَلَم يَبلُغِ المُجرونَ بَعدُ مَداكا

وَلَم يَبلُغِ المُجرونَ بَعدُ مَداكا

You reached the farthest mark of the criminals before you when they ran;

You reached the extent of criminals before you, when they dragged along,

and the racers have not yet reached your farthest mark.

And the criminals have not yet reached your extent.

فَجَدّاكَ لا جَدَّينِ أَكرَمُ مِنهُما

فَجَدّاكَ لا جَدَّينِ أَكرَمُ مِنهُما

هُناكَ تَناهى المَجدُ ثُمَّ هُناكا

هُناكَ تَناهى المَجدُ ثُمَّ هُناكا

For your two grandfathers—no two grandfathers are nobler than they—

So your two ancestors, there is no more honorable than them,

there glory reached its utmost, and then there.

There glory reaches its end, and there reaches its end.