أحبُّ اسمه من أجله وسَميَّهُ

أحبُّ اسمه من أجله وسَميَّهُ

وَيَتبعُهُ في كلِّ أَخلاقه قَلبي

وَيَتبعُهُ في كلِّ أَخلاقه قَلبي

I love his name for his sake—and his namesake too;

I love his name for his sake, and his namesake too.

and my heart follows him in every trait of his.

And my heart follows him in all his ways.

ويَجتازُ بالقوم العِدا فَأُحبُّهُم

ويَجتازُ بالقوم العِدا فَأُحبُّهُم

وكلهم طاوِي الضَّميرِ على حربي

وكلهم طاوِي الضَّميرِ على حربي

He passes by hostile folk, and so I love them,

He passes by my enemies, and so I love them,

though every one of them secretly harbors war against me.

Though each harbors in his heart the will to war against me.

إلى الله أشكو ما أُلَاقِي لعلهَّ

إلى الله أشكو ما أُلَاقِي لعلهَّ

يَمُنُّ بحال يجمعُ الشَّمل عن قُربِ

يَمُنُّ بحال يجمعُ الشَّمل عن قُربِ

To God I complain of all I suffer, in hope that He

To God I complain of what I suffer; perhaps He

may graciously bring about a state that reunites us soon.

Will favor us with circumstances that reunite us soon.

إذا قلت لم تبلُغ بيَ السِّنُّ مَبلَغاً

إذا قلت لم تبلُغ بيَ السِّنُّ مَبلَغاً

وُعِظتُ بطفلٍ صار قبلي إلى التُّربِ

وُعِظتُ بطفلٍ صار قبلي إلى التُّربِ

Whenever I say, “Age has not yet brought me so far,”

When I say, 'Age has not yet carried me far,'

I think again of a child who went before me into the dust.

I am admonished by a child who went before me to the dust.