سَجاياك إِن عافيتَ أَندى وَأَسمَحُ

سَجاياك إِن عافيتَ أَندى وَأَسمَحُ

وَعذرك إِن عاقبت أَجلى وَأَوضَحُ

وَعذرك إِن عاقبت أَجلى وَأَوضَحُ

Your virtues, when you pardon, are more bountiful and more generous;

Your character, if you pardon, is more generous and magnanimous.

and your justification, if you punish, is clearer and more evident.

And your justification, if you punish, is clearer and more evident.

وَإِن كانَ بَين الخطتين مزية

وَإِن كانَ بَين الخطتين مزية

فَأَنتَ مِن الأَدنى إِلى اللَه أَجنح

فَأَنتَ مِن الأَدنى إِلى اللَه أَجنح

And if there is some distinction between the two courses,

And if one of the two courses has greater merit,

of the two, you incline more toward the one nearer to God.

Then you incline more toward the course nearer to God.

وَقال سيجزيني المَليك بفعلَتي

وَقال سيجزيني المَليك بفعلَتي

فَقالَ سَأَعفو عَنكَ حالاً وَأَصفح

فَقالَ سَأَعفو عَنكَ حالاً وَأَصفح

And he said, “The king will reward me for my deed.”

And he said, “The Sovereign will recompense me for my deed.”

So he said, “I shall pardon you at once and forgive.”

Then he said, “I will pardon you at once and forgive.”