يا زعيم الدين يا من

يا زعيم الدين يا من

يده بالجود سبطه

يده بالجود سبطه

O Zaʿim al-Din, O you whose

O leader of religion, O he whose

hand is open in generosity.

Hand in generosity is outstretched

ما الأيادي فلتةُ مِن

ما الأيادي فلتةُ مِن

كَ ولا الإحسان غلطَه

كَ ولا الإحسان غلطَه

Favors are no mere slip from

No hands recoiled from you

you, nor is kindness a mistake.

Nor did benevolence make you stumble

أنا قدمت من الجو

أنا قدمت من الجو

ع فحنِّطني بحنطَه

ع فحنِّطني بحنطَه

I have died of hun-

I came from far seeking refuge

ger; so embalm me with wheat.

So embalm me with your finest spices

قد تربعت من الإف

قد تربعت من الإف

لاسِ في أضيق خطَّه

لاسِ في أضيق خطَّه

I have sat cross-legged, owing to bank-

I sat atop in luxury

ruptcy, in the tightest straits.

Then in direst poverty