1. بَعَثتَ إِلَيَّ بِأُضحِيَّةٍ

    وَكُنتَ حَرِيّاً بِأَن تَفعَلا

    You sent me a sacrificial animal,

    and it was fitting that you should do so.

  2. وَلَكِنَّها خَرَجَت غَثَّةً

    كَأَنَّكَ أَرعَيتَها حَرمَلا

    But it turned out to be scrawny,

    as though you had made it graze on Syrian rue.

  3. فَإِن قَبِلَ اللَهُ قُربانَها

    فَسُبحانَ رَبِّكَ ما أَعدَلا

    So if God accepts it as an offering,

    then glory be to your Lord—how just He is!