ما مِنَ العَدلِ يا بَني العَدلِ أَن تَس

ما مِنَ العَدلِ يا بَني العَدلِ أَن تَس

مُوا وَحَظّي لَدَيكُم في اِنحِطاطِ

مُوا وَحَظّي لَدَيكُم في اِنحِطاطِ

It is not just, O sons of al-ʿAdl, that you should

It is not just, O people of justice, that you forget

rise while my lot with you declines.

My worth among you in decline

أَنا سَدَّدتُكُم فَرِشتُم سِهاماً

أَنا سَدَّدتُكُم فَرِشتُم سِهاماً

صائِباتٍ وَكُنَّ قَبلُ خَواطي

صائِباتٍ وَكُنَّ قَبلُ خَواطي

I set you straight, and you were fletched as arrows

I aimed you straight, so you shot arrows

that hit the mark, though before they missed.

That hit their mark, though you were once errant

وَإِذا ما أَبَيتُمُ النَفعَ في الدُن

وَإِذا ما أَبَيتُمُ النَفعَ في الدُن

يا فَما تَنفَعونَ عِندَ الصِراطِ

يا فَما تَنفَعونَ عِندَ الصِراطِ

And if you refuse to be of help in this

And if in life you reject doing good

world, then what help will you give at the Bridge?

You won’t avail at the Path Straight

إِنَّ مَن لَيسَ يُرتَجى مِنهُ نَفعٌ

إِنَّ مَن لَيسَ يُرتَجى مِنهُ نَفعٌ

لَجَديرُ القَفا بِضَربِ السِياطِ

لَجَديرُ القَفا بِضَربِ السِياطِ

Indeed, one from whom no benefit is hoped

Indeed, he from whom no good is expected

surely deserves the lash upon his nape.

Deserves only to be whipped with lashes

إِن نَبَذتُم مُجدي وَفَضلي وَعِلمي

إِن نَبَذتُم مُجدي وَفَضلي وَعِلمي

وَاِجتِهادي في نَفعِكُم وَاِحتِياطي

وَاِجتِهادي في نَفعِكُم وَاِحتِياطي

If you reject my glory, my merit, and my knowledge,

If you reject my glory, bounty, knowledge

and my striving to help you, and my care,

And my striving to benefit and protect you

فَسِواكُم مِنَ التَلاميذِ قَد أَص

فَسِواكُم مِنَ التَلاميذِ قَد أَص

بَحتُ مِنهُم يَعقوبَ في الأَسباطِ

بَحتُ مِنهُم يَعقوبَ في الأَسباطِ

then, among pupils other than you, I have

Then apart from you, my students have become

become their Jacob among the tribes.

Like the tribes of Jacob in number

يَتَوَلّونَ خِدمَتي بِنَشاطٍ

يَتَوَلّونَ خِدمَتي بِنَشاطٍ

فَقِيامي في نَفعِهِم بِنَشاطِ

فَقِيامي في نَفعِهِم بِنَشاطِ

They eagerly undertake my service,

Attending to me eagerly

so I eagerly work to benefit them.

As I work hard for their benefit

قَد طَوَيتُم بِساطَ بِرِّكُم بي

قَد طَوَيتُم بِساطَ بِرِّكُم بي

مُنذُ حينٍ فَأَينَ نَشرُ البِساطِ

مُنذُ حينٍ فَأَينَ نَشرُ البِساطِ

You folded up the carpet of your kindness to me

You have folded the carpet of your righteousness

some time ago; where, then, is that carpet's unfurling?

For a while now, so where is its unfurling?

لَستُ أَبغي مِنكُم زَبيباً وَلا دِب

لَستُ أَبغي مِنكُم زَبيباً وَلا دِب

ساً وَلا مالَهُ تُعَدُّ البَواطي

ساً وَلا مالَهُ تُعَدُّ البَواطي

I ask of you neither raisins nor

I do not seek from you raisins or currants

molasses, nor what the drinking bowls are prepared for.

Or anything counted as trifles

أَنا مِمّا ذَكَرتُهُ قَد غَثَت نَف

أَنا مِمّا ذَكَرتُهُ قَد غَثَت نَف

سي فَجودوا بِالخَلِّ أَو بِالخِلاطِ

سي فَجودوا بِالخَلِّ أَو بِالخِلاطِ

As for me, what I have mentioned has already sickened my

I am tired of what I mentioned

soul; so give generously of vinegar or a mixed relish.

So be generous with vinegar or broth