اللَهُ أَجرى مِنَ الأَرزاقِ أَكثَرَها

اللَهُ أَجرى مِنَ الأَرزاقِ أَكثَرَها

عَلى يَدَيكَ بِخَيرٍ يا أَبا دُلَفِ

عَلى يَدَيكَ بِخَيرٍ يا أَبا دُلَفِ

God has made the greater share of sustenance flow

God made most of the sustenance

Through your hands in goodness, O Abu Dulaf.

Flow through your hands with goodness, O Abu Dulaf,

ما خَطَّ لا كاتِباهُ في صَحيفَتِهِ

ما خَطَّ لا كاتِباهُ في صَحيفَتِهِ

كَما تُخَطَّطُ لا في سائِرِ الصُحُفِ

كَما تُخَطَّطُ لا في سائِرِ الصُحُفِ

His two scribes have never written 'no' in his record,

Not as it is prescribed by the writers in their pages,

As 'no' is written in the other records.

Nor as it is allotted in the rest of the scriptures.

بارى الرِياحَ فَأَعطى وَهيَ جارِيَةٌ

بارى الرِياحَ فَأَعطى وَهيَ جارِيَةٌ

حَتّى إِذا وَقَفَت أَعطى وَلَم يَقِفِ

حَتّى إِذا وَقَفَت أَعطى وَلَم يَقِفِ

He vied with the winds, giving while they blew;

He brought winds and gave while they were blowing,

When at last they stopped, he still gave and did not stop.

Until when they stopped, He gave and did not stop.

ما يَصنَعُ الشَيخُ بِالعَذراءِ يَملِكُها

ما يَصنَعُ الشَيخُ بِالعَذراءِ يَملِكُها

كَجَوزَةٍ بَينَ فَكَّي أَدرَدٍ خَرِفِ

كَجَوزَةٍ بَينَ فَكَّي أَدرَدٍ خَرِفِ

What can an old man do with a virgin he owns?

Of what use is the old man with the young maiden he owns

Like a walnut between the jaws of a toothless, senile man.

Like a walnut between the jaws of a toothless doddering old man.

إِن رامَ يَكسِرُها بِالسِنِّ تَثلِمُهُ

إِن رامَ يَكسِرُها بِالسِنِّ تَثلِمُهُ

وَكَسرُها راحَةٌ لِلهائِمِ الدَنِفِ

وَكَسرُها راحَةٌ لِلهائِمِ الدَنِفِ

If he tries to crack it with his tooth, it chips the tooth;

If he tries to crack it with his teeth, it will injure him,

And cracking it brings relief to the lovesick, ailing man.

And to crack it is a comfort to the vile abject wretch.