لَيتَ هِشاماً عاشَ حَتّى يَرى

لَيتَ هِشاماً عاشَ حَتّى يَرى

مَحلَبَهُ الأَوفَرَ قَد أُترِعا

مَحلَبَهُ الأَوفَرَ قَد أُترِعا

If only Hisham had lived long enough to see

his fuller milking vessel filled to the brim.

كِلنا لَهُ بِالصاعِ إِذ كالَها

كِلنا لَهُ بِالصاعِ إِذ كالَها

وَما ظَلَمناهُ بِها أَوَعا

وَما ظَلَمناهُ بِها أَوَعا

We measured it out to him by the sāʿ, as he had measured it out;

nor did we wrong him with a measure more capacious.

وَما أَتَينا ذاكَ عَن بِدعَةٍ

وَما أَتَينا ذاكَ عَن بِدعَةٍ

أَحَلَّهُ القُرآنُ لي أَجمَعا

أَحَلَّهُ القُرآنُ لي أَجمَعا

Nor did we do that as some innovation:

the Qur’an made it wholly lawful for me.