ما لأَبِي اليُمْنِ عَلَيْنا يَدٌ

ما لأَبِي اليُمْنِ عَلَيْنا يَدٌ

لكِنْ أَيادِينا جَمِيعاً عَلَيْهْ

لكِنْ أَيادِينا جَمِيعاً عَلَيْهْ

Abu al-Yumn holds no favor over us;

Abu al-Yumn has done us no favor;

rather, every favor of ours rests upon him.

but all our favors are bestowed upon him,

لأَنَّهُ يَعْتَدُّ إِسْداءهُ الْ

لأَنَّهُ يَعْتَدُّ إِسْداءهُ الْ

جَمِيلَ إِسْداءَ جَمِيلٍ إِلَيْهْ

جَمِيلَ إِسْداءَ جَمِيلٍ إِلَيْهْ

For he reckons his bestowal of the—

for he regards his bestowal of

favor a favor bestowed upon himself:

kindness as a kindness bestowed upon him,

كَأَنَّما نعطِيهِ مِنْ جُودِ أَيْ

كَأَنَّما نعطِيهِ مِنْ جُودِ أَيْ

دِينا الَّذِي نَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ يَدَيْهْ

دِينا الَّذِي نَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ يَدَيْهْ

as though, from the bounty of our—

as though we give him, from the bounty of our

hands, we gave him what we receive from his hands.

hands, what we take from his hands.