إن زلت البغلة من تحته

إن زلت البغلة من تحته

فإن في زلتها عذرا

فإن في زلتها عذرا

If the mule slipped beneath him,

If the mule should slip from under him,

Then surely there is an excuse for her slipping:

There’s an excuse for her slipping,

حملها من علمه شاهقاً

حملها من علمه شاهقاً

أو من ندى راحته بحرا

أو من ندى راحته بحرا

He made her bear a towering mountain of his knowledge,

Bearing aloft one whose knowledge is vast,

Or a sea of bounty from his palm.

Or one whose generosity is an ocean.