إِذا زُرتُ عَبدَ اللَهِ نَفسي فِداؤُهُ

إِذا زُرتُ عَبدَ اللَهِ نَفسي فِداؤُهُ

رَجَعتُ بِفَضلٍ مِن نَداهُ وَنائِلِ

رَجَعتُ بِفَضلٍ مِن نَداهُ وَنائِلِ

Whenever I visit Abd Allah—may my soul be his ransom—

When I visit Abdallah, I ransom him with my soul,

I return enriched by his generosity and bounty.

I return with grace from his benevolence and gifts.

وَإِن غِبتُ عَنهُ كانَ لِلوُدِّ حافِظاً

وَإِن غِبتُ عَنهُ كانَ لِلوُدِّ حافِظاً

وَلَم يَكُ عَنّي في المَغيبِ بِغافِلِ

وَلَم يَكُ عَنّي في المَغيبِ بِغافِلِ

And if I am away from him, he preserves our affection,

And if I am absent from him, he keeps our love intact,

And in my absence he is not heedless of me.

He does not neglect me while I am away.

تَدارَكَني عَبدُ الإِلَهِ وَقَد بَدَت

تَدارَكَني عَبدُ الإِلَهِ وَقَد بَدَت

لِذي الحِقدِ وَالشَنآنِ مِنّي مَقاتِلُ

لِذي الحِقدِ وَالشَنآنِ مِنّي مَقاتِلُ

Abd al-Ilah came to my rescue when there lay exposed

Abdullah's slave came to my rescue when

To one filled with rancor and hatred my vulnerable spots.

My enemies revealed their malice and were ready to fight.

فَأَنقَذَني مِن غَمرَةِ المَوتِ بَعدَما

فَأَنقَذَني مِن غَمرَةِ المَوتِ بَعدَما

رَأَيتُ حِياضَ المَوتِ جُمَّ المَناهِلِ

رَأَيتُ حِياضَ المَوتِ جُمَّ المَناهِلِ

So he saved me from the overwhelming depths of death, after

He saved me from the flood of death after I had seen

I had seen death’s pools, their watering places brimming.

The valleys of death brimming with adversaries.

حَبانِيَ لَمّا جِئتُهُ بِعَطِيَّةٍ

حَبانِيَ لَمّا جِئتُهُ بِعَطِيَّةٍ

وَجارِيَةٍ حَسناءَ ذاتِ خَلاخِلِ

وَجارِيَةٍ حَسناءَ ذاتِ خَلاخِلِ

When I came to him, he gave me a gift

He loved me when I came to him with gifts

And a beautiful slave-girl wearing anklets.

And a beautiful slave girl with tinkling anklets.