يَا سَيّدِى خُذْ بِالدَّجَاجِ

يَا سَيّدِى خُذْ بِالدَّجَاجِ

فَالنَّارُ في قَلْبِ السِّراجِ

فَالنَّارُ في قَلْبِ السِّراجِ

O my master, take hold of the chickens;

O my lord, take the chicken

for fire is in al-Siraj's heart,

For there is fire in the lamp's heart

لا سِيَّما وَقَد ابْتَدأ

لا سِيَّما وَقَد ابْتَدأ

تَ ولم يُجِبْ قَصْداً لِراجي

تَ ولم يُجِبْ قَصْداً لِراجي

especially since you have begun—

Especially as you have begun

yet a hopeful one's wish remains unanswered.

And the purposeful did not answer the hopeful