أَصبَحتُ غَيرَ مُدافَعٍ مَولاكا

وَالحَظُّ لي في أَن أَكونَ كَذاكا

I have become unconcerned, no longer defending you, my beloved

I have become your bondman, undisputed,

And fortunate am I to be this way

And high is my fortune to be exactly so.

لِلَّهِ دَرّي أَيُّ رَهنِ مَنِيَّةٍ

بِالأَمسِ كُنتُ وَهالِكٍ لَولاكا

Praise be to God! Which pledge of death was I under yesterday?

God marvel at my state! What a hostage of death

I would have been doomed were it not for you

I was yesterday, and perished, were it not for you.

أَصبَحتَ مُعتَدّاً عَلَيَّ بِنِعمَةٍ

ما كانَ يُنعِمُها عَلَيَّ سِواكا

You have become ungrateful, bestowing on me a favor

You have placed me under a debt of grace,

That no one but you used to bestow upon me

That none but you could ever have conferred.