1. He saw it in our tomorrow
Because he was one of tomorrow's people
١. بَدَا له في غدانا
لأَنه مِن غَدَاهُ
2. If he hadn't promised it to us
Our concern would have been for something else
٢. لو لم يَعِدْنا بِهِ كا
ن شُغْلُنا في سِوَاهُ
3. And he wouldn't have been one of these people
But we pitied his crying
٣. وَلم يَكُن أَهْل هذا
لكنْ رَحِمْنا بُكاه
4. And we didn't follow our passion
Rather, we followed his passion
٤. وما اتَّبعنا هَوَانا
بل اتَّبعنا هَوَاه
5. And we didn't want our consent
Rather, we wanted his consent
٥. وما أَردنا رضانا
لكن أَردْنا رَضَاه
6. Until we ate our hands out of hunger
So his hands withered
٦. حتى أَكلْنا يَدَيْنا
جوعاً فتبَّتْ يَداه
7. Where is the answered, blessed one
In which his prayers are answered
٧. أَيْن المُقطَّعة المس
تجابُ فِيها دُعاه
8. Because from it he willed
Its fragmentation for his arrows
٨. لأَنه شاءَ مِنها
تَقْطِيعَه لحِشَاه
9. So he returned in it and kept
His life, no life
٩. فعاد فِيها وأَبْقَى
حَيَاتَه لا حَيَاه
10. And God sufficed us from it
With his grace and sufficed
١٠. واللهُ منْها كفانا
بِفَضْلِهِ وَكَفَاه
11. It was disgraceful that we don't see it
Since our being is not seeing him
١١. وَهَانَ أَلاَّ نَرَاها
بكَوننا لاَ نَرَاه