لَو كانَ ذا الآكِلُ أَزوادَنا

ضَيفاً لَأَوسَعناهُ إِحسانا

Had this devourer of our provisions been

If this one who devours our provisions

A guest, we would have welcomed him graciously.

Were a guest, we would have overwhelmed him with kindness;

لَكِنَّنا في العَينِ أَضيافُهُ

يوسِعُنا زوراً وَبُهتانا

Yet it is we who are guests in his domain -

But to the eye, it appears we are guests of him

He wrongs us and spreads lies unendingly.

Who heaps upon us falsehood and slander.

فَلَيتَهُ خَلّى لَنا سُبلَنا

أَعانَهُ اللَهُ وَإِيّانا

Would that he leave our paths clear,

If only he would clear our path and let us be—

And may God aid both him and us equally.

May God grant aid to him, and to us as well.