يا سَيِّداً ما مِنهُ في الناسِ بَدَل

يا سَيِّداً ما مِنهُ في الناسِ بَدَل

يا مَن هُوَ الرَجاءُ لي وَهُوَ الأَمَل

يا مَن هُوَ الرَجاءُ لي وَهُوَ الأَمَل

O master, for whom there is no substitute among people.

O Master, for whom among the people there is no substitute,

O you who are my hope and my aspiration.

O You who are my hope and my aspiration,

مَولايَ ما الحيلَةُ قُل لي ما العَمَل

مَولايَ ما الحيلَةُ قُل لي ما العَمَل

إِن صَحَّ ما قَد ذَكَروا فَلا تَسَل

إِن صَحَّ ما قَد ذَكَروا فَلا تَسَل

My lord, what recourse is there? Tell me, what is to be done?

My Master, what can be done, tell me what is the way,

If what they have said is true, then do not ask!

If what they have said is true, then do not question,

لاحَولَ لي وَما عَسى تُغني الحِيَل

لاحَولَ لي وَما عَسى تُغني الحِيَل

قَد جاءَ ما أَنسى الغَزالَ وَالغَزَل

قَد جاءَ ما أَنسى الغَزالَ وَالغَزَل

I am powerless, and what good can stratagems do?

I have no power and stratagems are of no use,

Something has come that made me forget the gazelle and love poetry.

What makes me forget the gazelle and the love talk has come,

فَاِشتَغَلَ القَلبُ بِهِ بَلِ اِشتَعَل

فَاِشتَغَلَ القَلبُ بِهِ بَلِ اِشتَعَل

وَسَفرَةٍ كَما يُقالُ في المَثَل

وَسَفرَةٍ كَما يُقالُ في المَثَل

So my heart was occupied with it—rather, it caught fire.

So the heart has busied itself with it, rather it has become inflamed,

And a journey—as the proverb says—

With a caravan as they say in the proverb,

ما لِيَ فيها ناقَةٌ وَلا جَمَل

ما لِيَ فيها ناقَةٌ وَلا جَمَل

مِثلُكَ فيها مَن كَفى وَمن كَفَل

مِثلُكَ فيها مَن كَفى وَمن كَفَل

In it I have neither a she-camel nor a he-camel.

I have in it neither she-camel nor camel,

One like you can see to it and stand surety.

One like you in it is sufficient and has provided,

عَلَيكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ فيها المُتَّكَل

عَلَيكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ فيها المُتَّكَل

إِن كُنتَ ثَقَّلتُ فَفيكَ المُحتَمَل

إِن كُنتَ ثَقَّلتُ فَفيكَ المُحتَمَل

In it, after God, my reliance is on you.

On you after Allah it depends in it the relied upon,

If I have burdened you, you have the capacity to bear it.

If I have burdened so in you is the tolerance,

كَم خَطَإٍ سَتَرتَهُ وَكَم خَطَل

كَم خَطَإٍ سَتَرتَهُ وَكَم خَطَل

مِثلُكَ مَن يُرجى إِذا الخَطبُ نَزَل

مِثلُكَ مَن يُرجى إِذا الخَطبُ نَزَل

How many errors you have concealed, and how much foolish talk!

How many errors you have concealed and how many slips,

One like you is looked to when calamity descends.

One like you is hoped for when tribulations descend,

يَحسُنُ أَن يُحسِنَ قَولاً وَعَمَل

يَحسُنُ أَن يُحسِنَ قَولاً وَعَمَل

يَذكُرُ إِن قالَ وَيَنسى ما فَعَل

يَذكُرُ إِن قالَ وَيَنسى ما فَعَل

It befits him to do good in word and deed.

It is good that he should do good in word and deed,

If he gives his word, he remembers it, but forgets what he has done.

Remembers if he speaks and forgets what he has done.