جَواب عيسى لِسائِليهِ

جَواب عيسى لِسائِليهِ

مُذ كانَ لا تَطمَعوا بِخَيري

مُذ كانَ لا تَطمَعوا بِخَيري

Isa's answer to those who ask him

Jesus' response to his questioners

has always been: "Do not hope for my bounty,

Since you've never hoped for my goodness-

فَإِنَّني لَم أَزَل بَخيلا

فَإِنَّني لَم أَزَل بَخيلا

أَمنَعُ دَرّي وَدَرَّ غَيري

أَمنَعُ دَرّي وَدَرَّ غَيري

for I have always been miserly;

For I've always been miserly-

I withhold my bounty and the bounty of others."

Withholding my own pearls and others'