فَما عَزَلوكَ مَسبوقاً وَلَكِن

فَما عَزَلوكَ مَسبوقاً وَلَكِن

إِلى الخَيراتِ سَبّاقاً جَوادا

إِلى الخَيراتِ سَبّاقاً جَوادا

They did not dismiss you as one outstripped, but

as one foremost in good deeds, generous.

وَكُنتَ أَخي وَما وَلَدَتكَ أُمّي

وَكُنتَ أَخي وَما وَلَدَتكَ أُمّي

وَصولاً باذِلاً لي مُستَرادا

وَصولاً باذِلاً لي مُستَرادا

You were my brother, though my mother did not bear you,

ever keeping ties, freely giving to me, one to turn to.

وَقَد هيضَت لِنَكبَتِكَ القُدامى

وَقَد هيضَت لِنَكبَتِكَ القُدامى

كَذاكَ اللَهُ يَفعَلُ ما أَرادا

كَذاكَ اللَهُ يَفعَلُ ما أَرادا

And at your misfortune the primary wing-feathers were broken.

Thus does God do whatever He wills.