قُلُ ما هَويتَ فَإِنَّني

لَكَ سامِعٌ وَالأَمرُ أَمرُك

Say what you will, for I

Am listening, and the matter is yours.

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ مَسَرَّتي

لَو أَنَّ فيها ما يَضُرُّك

And know that my joy—

If in it was what would harm you—

لَتَرَكتُ ذَلِكَ وَاِتَّبَع

تُ مَساءَتي فيما يَسُرُّك

I would abandon it and pursue

My own displeasure in what gives you joy.

فَهَوايَ فيما ساءَني

أَو سَرَّني ما فيهِ بِرُّك

So my desire is—in what saddened me

Or gladdened me—what in it benefits you.