يا عدلُ تصلحُ عدلاً

يا عدلُ تصلحُ عدلاً

على وجوهِ النساءِ

على وجوهِ النساءِ

O ʿAdl, you would make a counterweight

O Justice, you correct justice

upon the faces of women,

On the faces of women

منزهاً عن لواطٍ

منزهاً عن لواطٍ

تُرمى به أو زناءِ

تُرمى به أو زناءِ

untainted by sodomy

Free from homosexuality

imputed to you, or by fornication.

With which she is charged or adultery

وغيرُ ذينِ بلاءٌ

وغيرُ ذينِ بلاءٌ

واللَهُ ربّ البلاءِ

واللَهُ ربّ البلاءِ

And anything other than these two is affliction,

And others without affliction are a calamity

and God is Lord of affliction.

And Allah is the Lord of calamity

تُبلى وتُعفى على

تُبلى وتُعفى على

رغم آنفِ الأعداءِ

رغم آنفِ الأعداءِ

You are afflicted and spared, in

You wear out and are pardoned over

spite of the enemies' noses.

The spite of enemies

لا عيبَ فيكَ سوى قَو

لا عيبَ فيكَ سوى قَو

لِهم قليلُ الحياءِ

لِهم قليلُ الحياءِ

You have no fault except the say-

No fault in you but the words

-ing of theirs: "He has little shame."

Of those with little modesty

فثمَّ عذرٌ أقمنا

فثمَّ عذرٌ أقمنا

هُ معشرَ الأصدقاءِ

هُ معشرَ الأصدقاءِ

So there is an excuse; we have offered

So there is an excuse we have established

it, we band of friends:

We the company of friends

تلقى الرجالَ بوجهٍ

تلقى الرجالَ بوجهٍ

من أهل بيتِ اللقاءِ

من أهل بيتِ اللقاءِ

You meet men with a face

You meet men with a face

from the household of encounter.

From the people of the house of meeting