يا رَبِّ قَد حَجَّ الوَزيرُ

يا رَبِّ قَد حَجَّ الوَزيرُ

وَما لَهُ في الحَجِّ رَغبَه

وَما لَهُ في الحَجِّ رَغبَه

O Lord, the vizier has made the pilgrimage,

O Lord, the minister has made the pilgrimage

Though he has no desire for pilgrimage,

Yet he has no desire for the pilgrimage

لَكِن مَخافَةَ أَن يَحُل

لَكِن مَخافَةَ أَن يَحُل

لَ بِهِ عَنِ السُلطانِ نَكبَه

لَ بِهِ عَنِ السُلطانِ نَكبَه

But out of fear that there should befall

Rather, he fears that if he does not go

him a calamity from the sultan.

He will fall into disfavor with the sultan

يا رَبِّ قَد وافاكَ مِن

يا رَبِّ قَد وافاكَ مِن

هُ وَمِن ذَويهِ شَرُّ عُصبَه

هُ وَمِن ذَويهِ شَرُّ عُصبَه

O Lord, there has come to You, from

O Lord, the evilest of tribes

him and his kin, the vilest band.

And their ilk have come to You

فَاِسدُد مَسالِكَهُم وَلا

فَاِسدُد مَسالِكَهُم وَلا

تَردُد لَهُم يارَبِّ غُربَه

تَردُد لَهُم يارَبِّ غُربَه

So block their paths, and do not

Make straight their paths, and do not O Lord

bring them home from abroad, O Lord.

Let them return in victory to their lands

فَدُخولُ مِثلِهِمُ إِلى ال

فَدُخولُ مِثلِهِمُ إِلى ال

حَرَمَينِ يامَولايَ سُبَّه

حَرَمَينِ يامَولايَ سُبَّه

For the entry of their like into the

When the likes of them enter the Two Holy Mosques

two holy sanctuaries, O my Master, is a disgrace.

It is, O my Master, a cause for censure