يا مَنْ إذَا وَقَفَ الوُفُودُ بِبَابِهِ

يا مَنْ إذَا وَقَفَ الوُفُودُ بِبَابِهِ

ولَوَوْا أكُفَّهُمْ علَى أسْبابِهِ

ولَوَوْا أكُفَّهُمْ علَى أسْبابِهِ

O you—when delegations stand at your door

O He who when the delegations stood at His door

And wind their hands around your cords,

And turned the palms of their hands towards its handles,

رَجَعُوا وقد ملأُوا حَقَائِبَ عِيسِهِمْ

رَجَعُوا وقد ملأُوا حَقَائِبَ عِيسِهِمْ

مَا لا يَهُمُّ الفَقْرُ أن يحظَى بِهِ

مَا لا يَهُمُّ الفَقْرُ أن يحظَى بِهِ

They return, having filled their pale camels’ saddlebags

They returned, having filled the bags of their saddlebags,

With what poverty would never dream of obtaining.

With that which poverty does not dream of obtaining,

ارحَمْ غَرِيباً أَفْرَدَتْهُ يَدُ النَّوَى

ارحَمْ غَرِيباً أَفْرَدَتْهُ يَدُ النَّوَى

فَشَكَا إلَيكَ وأنْتَ تَعْلمُ ما بِهِ

فَشَكَا إلَيكَ وأنْتَ تَعْلمُ ما بِهِ

Have mercy on a stranger whom separation’s hand has left alone;

Have mercy on a stranger whom the hand of exile has isolated,

He brings his complaint to you, while you know what ails him.

Who complains to You, and You know what is in him.