قَيدي أَما تَعلمني مُسلما

قَيدي أَما تَعلمني مُسلما

أَبَيتَ أَن تُشفِقَ أَو تَرحَما

أَبَيتَ أَن تُشفِقَ أَو تَرحَما

My fetter, do you not know me to be a Muslim?

My chains, do you not know I am a Muslim?

You have refused to show pity or mercy.

You refused to show mercy or compassion.

دَمي شَرابٌ لَكَ وَاللَحمُ قَد

دَمي شَرابٌ لَكَ وَاللَحمُ قَد

أَكَلتهُ لا تَهشم الأَعظُما

أَكَلتهُ لا تَهشم الأَعظُما

My blood is your drink, and the flesh you have already

My blood is your drink, and the flesh

eaten—do not shatter the bones.

You have eaten, do not break the bones.

يُبصِرُني فيكَ أَبو هاِشمٍ

يُبصِرُني فيكَ أَبو هاِشمٍ

فَيَنثَني وَالقَلبُ قَد هُشِّما

فَيَنثَني وَالقَلبُ قَد هُشِّما

Abu Hashim sees me bound in you,

Abu Hashim sees me in you,

and turns away, his heart already shattered.

So he writhes, and his heart is shattered.

اِرحَم طُفَيلاً طائِشاً لُبّهُ

اِرحَم طُفَيلاً طائِشاً لُبّهُ

لَم يَخشَ أَن يأتيكَ مُستَرحِما

لَم يَخشَ أَن يأتيكَ مُستَرحِما

Have mercy on a little child whose mind is distraught,

Have mercy on Tufayl, crazed is his mind,

who did not fear to come to you begging for mercy.

He did not fear to come to you begging.

واِرحَم طُفَيلاً طائِشاً لُبّهُ

واِرحَم طُفَيلاً طائِشاً لُبّهُ

جَرّعتَهُنَّ عَلَيهِ لِلبُكاء العَمى

جَرّعتَهُنَّ عَلَيهِ لِلبُكاء العَمى

And have mercy on a little child whose mind is distraught,

Have mercy on Tufayl, crazed is his mind.

you have made them swallow blindness from weeping over him.

You made them drink it, causing the blind weeping,

مِنهُنَّ مَن يَفهَم شَيئاً فَقَد

مِنهُنَّ مَن يَفهَم شَيئاً فَقَد

خِفنا عَلَيهِ لِلبُكاء العَمى

خِفنا عَلَيهِ لِلبُكاء العَمى

Among them is one who understands something, and so

Among them is one who understands something, so

we have feared he might go blind from weeping.

We feared for him, causing the blind weeping,

وَالغَيرُ لا يَفهَمُ شَيئاً فَما

وَالغَيرُ لا يَفهَمُ شَيئاً فَما

يَفتَحُ إِلّا للرّضاعِ فَما

يَفتَحُ إِلّا للرّضاعِ فَما

And the other understands nothing, so he does not

While the other understands nothing, so he

open his mouth except to suckle.

Opens only for suckling, nothing else.