لَولا يَزيدُ اِبنُ مَنصورٍ لَما عِشتُ

لَولا يَزيدُ اِبنُ مَنصورٍ لَما عِشتُ

هُوَ الَّذي رَدَّ روحي بَعدَما مُتُّ

هُوَ الَّذي رَدَّ روحي بَعدَما مُتُّ

Were it not for Yazid ibn Mansur, I would not have lived.

Were it not for Yazid son of Mansur, I would not have lived,

He is the one who restored my soul after I had died.

He who returned my soul after I had died,

وَاللَهِ رَبِّ مِنىً وَالراقِصاتِ بِها

وَاللَهِ رَبِّ مِنىً وَالراقِصاتِ بِها

لَأَشكُرَنَّ يَزيداً حَيثُما كُنتُ

لَأَشكُرَنَّ يَزيداً حَيثُما كُنتُ

By God, Lord of Mina and of the camels dancing there,

By Allah, the Lord of Minya and dancing girls in it,

I shall surely thank Yazid wherever I may be.

I will thank Yazid wherever I am.

ما زِلتُ مِن رَيبِ دَهري خائِفاً وَجِلاً

ما زِلتُ مِن رَيبِ دَهري خائِفاً وَجِلاً

فَقَد كَفانِيَ بَعدَ اللَهِ ما خِفتُ

فَقَد كَفانِيَ بَعدَ اللَهِ ما خِفتُ

I was ever fearful and anxious about the vicissitudes of my days;

I have not stopped fearing and worrying about the vicissitudes of fate,

and indeed, after God, he has shielded me from what I feared.

After Allah, what I feared has protected me.

ما قُلتُ في فَضلِهِ شَيئاً لِأَمدَحَهُ

ما قُلتُ في فَضلِهِ شَيئاً لِأَمدَحَهُ

إِلّا وَفَضلُ يَزيدٍ فَوقَ ما قُلتُ

إِلّا وَفَضلُ يَزيدٍ فَوقَ ما قُلتُ

Never have I said a word of his excellence to praise him,

I have not said anything about his virtues to praise him,

without Yazid's excellence surpassing what I said.

Except that Yazid's virtues are beyond what I have said.