الحمد لله جاءت النعمُ

الحمد لله جاءت النعمُ

وانصرفت مع مجيئها النقمُ

وانصرفت مع مجيئها النقمُ

Praise be to God: blessings have come,

Praise be to God, blessings have arrived

and afflictions have departed with their arrival.

And with their coming misfortunes have departed

واطلع البدر بعد غيبته

واطلع البدر بعد غيبته

فانكشفت عن وجوهنا الظلم

فانكشفت عن وجوهنا الظلم

And the full moon has risen after its absence,

The full moon has risen after its absence

so darkness has lifted from our faces.

Thus darkness has lifted from our faces

فأي شيءٍ تريد تعمل بي

فأي شيءٍ تريد تعمل بي

فإنني منك لست أحتشم

فإنني منك لست أحتشم

So what do you wish to do to me?

So what is it that you wish to do to me?

For I am not shy with you.

For from you I have no shame

أريد مما أفتتحته عملاً

أريد مما أفتتحته عملاً

يثرد في دغباجه اللقم

يثرد في دغباجه اللقم

I want a post in what you have conquered,

Of this conversation you started, I desire

where bread morsels are crumbled into its dughbāj stew.

An action whose intricacy confounds interpretation