سَأَفعَلُI shall do خَيراًgood ماas much as اِستَطَعتُI can فَلاso let not تُقَمbe offered
سَأَفعَلُ خَيراً ما اِستَطَعتُ فَلا تُقَم
عَلَيَّover me صَلاةٌa prayer يَومَon the day أُصبِحُI become هالِكاdead
عَلَيَّ صَلاةٌ يَومَ أُصبِحُ هالِكا
I shall do good as much as I can; so let there be no
I will do good as much as I can, so do not blame me
prayer over me on the day I lie dead.
If I become destroyed on the day I wake up
فَماfor no فيكُمُin you مِنany خَيرٍgoodness يُدَّعىis claimed بِهِthrough it
فَما فيكُمُ مِن خَيرٍ يُدَّعى بِهِ
يُفَرِّجُopens up عَنّيfor me بِالمَضيقِin the narrow pass المَسالِكاthe paths
يُفَرِّجُ عَنّي بِالمَضيقِ المَسالِكا
For there is no goodness in you to lay claim to
None of you has any good that can be claimed
that would open the paths for me in the narrow pass.
To relieve me on this narrow path
فَمَنso who مُبَلِّغٌone who conveys عَنّيon my behalf المَآلِكَthe messages مَعشَراًa company of people
فَمَن مُبَلِّغٌ عَنّي المَآلِكَ مَعشَراً
عَليّاًAli وَمَحموداًand Mahmud وَخاناًand Khan وَآلِكاand Alik
عَليّاً وَمَحموداً وَخاناً وَآلِكا
So who will convey my messages to a company—
So who will inform my friends -
Ali, Mahmud, Khan, and Alik?
Ali, Mahmoud, Khan, and the rest
فَماfor not أَتَمَنّىI wish أَنَّنيthat I كَأَجَلِّكُمlike the most exalted of you
فَما أَتَمَنّى أَنَّني كَأَجَلِّكُم
ولَكِنand yet أُضاهيI resemble المُقتَرينَthe impoverished الصَعالِكاthe paupers
ولَكِن أُضاهي المُقتَرينَ الصَعالِكا
For I do not wish to be like the most exalted of you;
I do not wish that I was like you
but I resemble the impoverished paupers.
But I emulate the valiant knights
وَيَنفُرُand recoils عَقليmy reason مُغضَباًangered إِنif تَرَكتُهُI leave it
وَيَنفُرُ عَقلي مُغضَباً إِن تَرَكتُهُ
سُدىًidle وَاِتَّبَعتُand I follow الشافِعيّal-Shafi‘i وَمالِكاand Malik
سُدىً وَاِتَّبَعتُ الشافِعيّ وَمالِكا
And my reason recoils in anger if I leave it
And my mind gets angry if I leave it
idle and follow al-Shafi‘i and Malik.
Aimless and follow Al-Shafi’i and Malik