يا سادةً كرُموا أصلاً وجودُهُمُ

يا سادةً كرُموا أصلاً وجودُهُمُ

عَوني وَغَوثي على الأَحداثِ في زَمَني

عَوني وَغَوثي على الأَحداثِ في زَمَني

O lords, noble by birth, whose generosity

O masters, bless their origin and existence

is my help and succor against the calamities of my time.

My succor and deliverance in the events of my time

ما زِلتُ أسألُ رَبِّي إنْ أعانَ على

ما زِلتُ أسألُ رَبِّي إنْ أعانَ على

شُكري لَكُم بِمُعينِ إذْ وهى لسني

شُكري لَكُم بِمُعينِ إذْ وهى لسني

I kept asking my Lord if He would aid me in

I continue to ask my Lord if He helps me

thanking you with a helper, for my tongue had weakened,

To thank you with the help of my years

حتّى رُزِقتُ غُلاماً في مخايله

حتّى رُزِقتُ غُلاماً في مخايله

فَصاحةٌ كَمُنَتْ في مَنْظَرٍ حَسَنِ

فَصاحةٌ كَمُنَتْ في مَنْظَرٍ حَسَنِ

until I was granted a boy, in whose features

Until I was blessed with a boy in his imagination

eloquence lay hidden in a handsome appearance.

Eloquence that dwelt in a beautiful sight

فَخُذْهُ منِّي إليكَ اليومَ تقدُمَةً

فَخُذْهُ منِّي إليكَ اليومَ تقدُمَةً

عَبْداً ولكنّه عبدٌ بِلا ثَمَنِ

عَبْداً ولكنّه عبدٌ بِلا ثَمَنِ

So take him from me today as an offering to you:

So take him from me to you today as an offering

a slave—but a slave who costs nothing.

A slave yet he is a slave without price

رْزِقتُه وَيَدي صفرٌ فقلتُ أسىً

رْزِقتُه وَيَدي صفرٌ فقلتُ أسىً

يا ليتَ لا كانَ مولوداً ولم أَكُنِ

يا ليتَ لا كانَ مولوداً ولم أَكُنِ

I was granted him while my hand was empty, so I said in sorrow:

I nurtured him yet my hand is empty so I grieved

Oh, would that he had never been born, and I had never existed!

Oh, would that he had not been born nor had I been

إنْ لم تُدارِكه روحُ القدسِ منك أبا

إنْ لم تُدارِكه روحُ القدسِ منك أبا

عيسى برفدٍ يَمُتْ من قِلّةِ اللبنِ

عيسى برفدٍ يَمُتْ من قِلّةِ اللبنِ

If the Holy Spirit from you does not rescue him, O Abu

If the Holy Spirit does not succor him through you, Father

Isa, with a gift, he will die for lack of milk,

Isa with sustenance, he will die of lack of milk

إذ أُمُّهْ لم تَجِد قوتاً ولا امتلأت

إذ أُمُّهْ لم تَجِد قوتاً ولا امتلأت

بطناً لدى شيء قط غير بعض مني

بطناً لدى شيء قط غير بعض مني

for his mother found no sustenance, nor ever filled

As his mother found no food nor filled

her belly with anything at all except a little semen.

Her belly with anything ever except some of my water