بِكَ أَستَجيرُ مِنَ الرَدى

وَأَعوذُ مِن سَطَواتِ باسِك

In You I take refuge from adversity

In you I seek refuge from ruin,

And I seek protection from your tyranny

And haven from the assault of your might.

وَحَياةِ رَأسِكَ لا أَعو

دُ لِمِثلِها وَحَياةِ راسِك

By your life I swear, I shall take no other

By the life of your head, I shall not re-

Like your life, by your life I swear

-turn to such ways, by the life of your head.

مَن ذا يَكونُ أَبا نُوا

سِكَ إِن قَتَلتَ أَبا نُواسِك

Who else could be the father of Nuwas

Who then will be your Abu Nu-

If you killed the father of Nuwas?

-was, should you slay your Abu Nuwas?