1. Had I not asked, this day would not be heavy
Nor would people feel its lightness

2. The day of fasting has a heaviness felt
By those who fasted, and fasting is for our Lord

3. For it is an attribute of glorification and we have
No bounty, and it is supported in that by propriety

4. And none knows anything of its merit
Except a leader who has a day of it in his life

5. And in the worlds' presences there is nothing more perfect than
The existence of the presence of what sleep brings