قَالُوا:   سَيُتْعِبُكَ   الصِّيَامُ

قَالُوا: سَيُتْعِبُكَ الصِّيَامُ

وَأَنْتَ فِي السَّبْعِينَ مُضْنَى

وَأَنْتَ فِي السَّبْعِينَ مُضْنَى

They said: “Fasting will weary you,

They said: Fasting will weary you

while you, at seventy, are worn down.”

While you are in your seventies, tired

فَأَجَبْتُ  بَلْ  سَيَشُدُّ   مِنْ

فَأَجَبْتُ بَلْ سَيَشُدُّ مِنْ

عَزْمِي، وَيَحْبُو القَلْبَ أَمْنَا

عَزْمِي، وَيَحْبُو القَلْبَ أَمْنَا

I replied: “Rather, it will strengthen

So I replied: Rather, it will strengthen

my resolve and bestow peace upon the heart,

My resolve, and lift my heart to tranquility

ذِكْرًا    وَصَبْرًا    وَامْتِثَالاً

ذِكْرًا وَصَبْرًا وَامْتِثَالاً

لِلَّذِي     أَغْنَى      وَأَقْنَى

لِلَّذِي أَغْنَى وَأَقْنَى

through remembrance, patience, and obedience

In remembrance, patience and obedience

to the One who has granted wealth and possessions.

To the One who enriches and suffices

وَيَمُدُّنِي.. رُوحًا وَجِسْمًا

وَيَمُدُّنِي.. رُوحًا وَجِسْمًا

بِالقُوَى    مَعْنًى     وَمَبْنَى

بِالقُوَى مَعْنًى وَمَبْنَى

And it will sustain me, in spirit and body,

And sustains me.. in spirit and body

with strength, in essence and in form.

With strength, purpose and structure

رَمَضَانُ   عَافِيَةٌ    فَصُمْهُ

رَمَضَانُ عَافِيَةٌ فَصُمْهُ

تُقًى     لِتَحْيَا      مُطْمَئِنَّا

تُقًى لِتَحْيَا مُطْمَئِنَّا

Ramadan is well-being, so fast through it

Ramadan is wellbeing, so fast it

in piety, that you may live at peace.”

Devoutly that you may live reassured