1. I remind the promise of our Master and Owner
And He was not forgetful of my promise that He may remember
١. أذكِّر الوعدَ مولاَنَا ومالِكَنا
ولم يكُن ناسياً وعْدي فيذكر
2. But I shook the past of delusion as
The male pheasant is shaken for copulation
٢. لكِن هززتُ به ماضي الغِرار كما
يُهَزّ لِلْفتكةِ الصَّمصامةُ الذكرُ
3. And Allah ordered the chaste virgin
To shake the trunk until the fruit falls
٣. والله قد أَمر الطّهر البتولَ بأن
تهزّ بالجذعِ حتّى يسقط الثّمرُ
4. If the Majestic willed, He would have satisfied her and fed her
From whatever she wants, without a trunk or a tree
٤. لَو شاء جلَّ لأَغناهَا وأطعَمَها
مما تشاءُ ولا جذعٌ ولا شجرُ
5. And how much did we complain to Him, glory be to Him, of harm
And from Him was it a test, the harm was remembered
٥. وكم شكَونا لَه سبحانه ضَرَراً
ومنه كان امتحاناً ذكَ الضررُ