لَعلَّكَ يَوماً أَن يَسُرَّكَ أَنَّني

لَعلَّكَ يَوماً أَن يَسُرَّكَ أَنَّني

شَهِدتُ وَقد رَمَّت عِظاميَ في قَبري

شَهِدتُ وَقد رَمَّت عِظاميَ في قَبري

Perhaps one day it would please you if I

Perhaps one day it will please you

were present, though my bones had already rotted in my grave.

That I witnessed, as my bones scattered in my grave,

فتُصبِحُ مَظلوماً تُسامُ دَنِيَّةً

فتُصبِحُ مَظلوماً تُسامُ دَنِيَّةً

حَريصاً عَلى مِثلي فَقيراً إِلى نَصري

حَريصاً عَلى مِثلي فَقيراً إِلى نَصري

Then you would find yourself wronged, subjected to indignity,

So you become oppressed, bearing the lowliness of the world,

longing for someone like me, in need of my help.

Eager for one like me, needing my victory,

وَيَهجُرُكَ الإِخوانُ بَعدي وَتُبتَلى

وَيَهجُرُكَ الإِخوانُ بَعدي وَتُبتَلى

وَيَنصُرُني مِنكَ المَليكُ فَلا تَدرِي

وَيَنصُرُني مِنكَ المَليكُ فَلا تَدرِي

And your friends would forsake you after I am gone, and you would be afflicted,

And the brothers abandon you after me and you are tested,

and the Sovereign would vindicate me against you, without your knowing.

And the angel supports me against you, without you knowing,

وَلَو كُنتُ حَيّاً قَبلَ ذَلِكَ لَم تُرَم

وَلَو كُنتُ حَيّاً قَبلَ ذَلِكَ لَم تُرَم

لَهُ خُطَّةٌ خَسفاً وَشووِرتَ في الأَمرِ

لَهُ خُطَّةٌ خَسفاً وَشووِرتَ في الأَمرِ

And had I been alive before that, no one would have sought

And if I were alive before that, you would not have thrown

a humiliating course for him, and you would have been consulted in the matter.

To him a trick - evil and confusion in the matter,

إِلى اِبنِ الجُلَندَى صاحبِ الخَيل جَيفَرِ

إِلى اِبنِ الجُلَندَى صاحبِ الخَيل جَيفَرِ

To the son of al-Julanda, master of horses, Jayfar.

To the son of Al-Julanda, the owner of the horses, Jafer.