ما يَتَقَضّى عَجَبي

ما يَتَقَضّى عَجَبي

ما عِشتُ مِن مُطَّلِبِ

ما عِشتُ مِن مُطَّلِبِ

There is no end to my amazement

at Muttalib, as long as I live.

سَأَلتُهُ دُرّاعَةً

سَأَلتُهُ دُرّاعَةً

لِباسُها يَجمُلُ بي

لِباسُها يَجمُلُ بي

I asked him for a tunic

that would look fine on me.

فَقالَ لي أَكرَهُ أَن

فَقالَ لي أَكرَهُ أَن

تُلبَسَ مِن بَعدِ أَبي

تُلبَسَ مِن بَعدِ أَبي

So he said to me, 'I dislike that

it should be worn after my father.'

وَقَد رَأى البُردَ وَمَن

وَقَد رَأى البُردَ وَمَن

يَلبَسُهُ بَعدَ النَبي

يَلبَسُهُ بَعدَ النَبي

Yet he had seen the mantle and the one

who wore it after the Prophet.