لِسُخطِكَ جاءَت سَكرَةُ المَوتِ بِالحَقِّ

لِسُخطِكَ جاءَت سَكرَةُ المَوتِ بِالحَقِّ

فَعَطفاً وَإِحساناً عَلى عَبدِكَ الرِقِّ

فَعَطفاً وَإِحساناً عَلى عَبدِكَ الرِقِّ

Because of your anger, the stupor of death has truly come.

In your anger the intoxication of death came in truth,

So show compassion and kindness to your enslaved servant.

So show compassion and kindness to your helpless slave.

فَقَد تَنقُلُ الأَعداءُ حَقّاً وَباطِلاً

فَقَد تَنقُلُ الأَعداءُ حَقّاً وَباطِلاً

فَلا يَحمِلُ المَولى الجَميعَ عَلى الصِدقِ

فَلا يَحمِلُ المَولى الجَميعَ عَلى الصِدقِ

For enemies may report both truth and falsehood;

For enemies may falsely accuse and slander,

so let the master not take it all as true.

The Master should not take them all as truthful.

وَكَيفَ يَرى إِسخاطَ مالِكِ رِقِّهِ

وَكَيفَ يَرى إِسخاطَ مالِكِ رِقِّهِ

بِنَجواهُ عَبدٌ لَيسَ يَرغَبُ في العِتقِ

بِنَجواهُ عَبدٌ لَيسَ يَرغَبُ في العِتقِ

And how could he contemplate angering the master who owns him,

How can a slave hope to escape his Master's wrath,

through his private words—a slave who has no wish for freedom?

With whispers, when he does not wish for freedom?

فَرِفقاً إِلى أَن يُبرِزَ الحَقُّ وَجهَهُ

فَرِفقاً إِلى أَن يُبرِزَ الحَقُّ وَجهَهُ

بِعَبدِكُمُ فَالعَبدُ أَجدَرُ بِالرِفقِ

بِعَبدِكُمُ فَالعَبدُ أَجدَرُ بِالرِفقِ

So be gentle, until truth reveals its face,

Gently, until the truth reveals its face,

with your servant, for the servant is more deserving of gentleness.

For your slave is most deserving of gentleness.