هَبهُ أَساءَ كَما زَعَمتَ فَهَب لَهُ

هَبهُ أَساءَ كَما زَعَمتَ فَهَب لَهُ

وَاِرحَم تَضَرُّعُهُ وَذُلَّ مَقامِهِ

وَاِرحَم تَضَرُّعُهُ وَذُلَّ مَقامِهِ

Grant that he did wrong, as you claimed—then grant him pardon.

Grant what Asa' claimed you would grant, so grant it to him,

And pity his pleading and the abasement of his state.

And have mercy on his pleading and his abject state.

بِاللَهِ رَبِّكَ لِم فَتَكتَ بِصَبرِهِ

بِاللَهِ رَبِّكَ لِم فَتَكتَ بِصَبرِهِ

وَنَصَرتَ بِالهِجرانِ جَيشَ سَقامِهِ

وَنَصَرتَ بِالهِجرانِ جَيشَ سَقامِهِ

By God, your Lord, why did you strike so ruthlessly at his patience

By Allah, your Lord, why did you break his patience

And, through abandonment, aid the army of his sickness?

And aid by estrangement his ailing army?

فَرَّقتَ بَينَ جُفونِهِ وَمَنامِهِ

فَرَّقتَ بَينَ جُفونِهِ وَمَنامِهِ

وَجَمَعتَ بَينَ نُحولِهِ وَعِظامِهِ

وَجَمَعتَ بَينَ نُحولِهِ وَعِظامِهِ

You separated his eyelids from his sleep,

You parted his eyelids from his sleep,

And brought his emaciation and his bones together.

And joined his leanness to his bones.