رِفْقاً أَبا إِسْحَقَ بالْعالَمِ

رِفْقاً أَبا إِسْحَقَ بالْعالَمِ

حَصَلْتَ في أَضْيَقَ مِنْ خاتِمِ

حَصَلْتَ في أَضْيَقَ مِنْ خاتِمِ

Be gentle with the world, Abu Ishaq.

Gently, father Ishaq, with the world

You have ended up in a space narrower than a ring.

You have squeezed into tighter than a ring

لَوْ كانَ فَضْلُ السَّبْقِ مَنْدوحَةً

لَوْ كانَ فَضْلُ السَّبْقِ مَنْدوحَةً

فُضِّلَ إِبْليسُ عَلى آدَمِ

فُضِّلَ إِبْليسُ عَلى آدَمِ

If the merit of precedence were a way out,

If merit were judged by who came first

Iblis would have been preferred over Adam.

Iblis would have been preferred to Adam