وَلحيني قُلتُ لا أَر

وَلحيني قُلتُ لا أَر

ضى بِأَن يَقضي وَأَسمَع

ضى بِأَن يَقضي وَأَسمَع

And to my undoing I said, “I will not ac-

And for a time I said I will not

cept that he should decide while I listen;

Be pleased for fate to take its course and hear,

بَل كَما تَصنَعُ بي في

بَل كَما تَصنَعُ بي في

كُلِّ أَحوالك أَصنَع

كُلِّ أَحوالك أَصنَع

rather, just as you treat me in

But as you deal with me in

all your moods, so will I act.

All your states I will deal,

لا وَلا نُعمَةَ عَين

لا وَلا نُعمَةَ عَين

لِيَ أَن أَرضى وَأَقنَع

لِيَ أَن أَرضى وَأَقنَع

No, nor is it any delight to the eye

No, not even the delight of an eye

for me to accept and be content.

Will I have to be pleased and content

بِأَبي مَن مِنكَ أَولى

بِأَبي مَن مِنكَ أَولى

بي وَمَن مِنّي أَطوَع

بي وَمَن مِنّي أَطوَع

May my father ransom you! Who has more claim than you

With less than who of you is most

to me, and who is more obedient than I?”

Worthy of me and who of me most pliant.