لَحا اللَهُ ماءً حَنبَلٌ قَيِّمٌ لَهُ

لَحا اللَهُ ماءً حَنبَلٌ قَيِّمٌ لَهُ

قَفا ضَبَّةٍ تَحتَ الصَفاةِ مَكونِ

قَفا ضَبَّةٍ تَحتَ الصَفاةِ مَكونِ

May God curse a watering place whose keeper is Hanbal,

God has created water, an upright palm tree beside it

behind an egg-laden she-lizard beneath the smooth rock.

With clusters hanging under the branches

إِذا ما وَرَدتَ الماءَ فَاِدلِف لِحَنبَلٍ

إِذا ما وَرَدتَ الماءَ فَاِدلِف لِحَنبَلٍ

بِقَعبِ سَويقٍ أَو بِقَعبِ طَحينِ

بِقَعبِ سَويقٍ أَو بِقَعبِ طَحينِ

Whenever you reach the water, draw near to Hanbal

When you come to the water, turn to the palm tree

with a bowl of roasted grain meal or a bowl of flour.

With bread of coarse flour or bread of fine flour

أَوَيتُ لِأَبناءِ الطَريقِ مِنِ اِمرِئٍ

أَوَيتُ لِأَبناءِ الطَريقِ مِنِ اِمرِئٍ

شَروبُ الأَداوي لِلرَكِيِّ دَفونِ

شَروبُ الأَداوي لِلرَكِيِّ دَفونِ

I felt pity for the wayfarers because of a man

I give the sons of the road, from a nobleman

who drains waterskins and buries wells.

Drinks that heal the wearied, buried

وَلَو عَلِمَ الحَجّاجُ عِلمَكَ لَم تَبِع

وَلَو عَلِمَ الحَجّاجُ عِلمَكَ لَم تَبِع

يَمينُكَ ماءً مُسلِماً بِثَمينِ

يَمينُكَ ماءً مُسلِماً بِثَمينِ

And if al-Hajjaj knew of your doings, no sale would be made

Had Al-Hajjaj known your knowledge, he would not have followed

by your right hand of water to a Muslim for a price.

Your right hand water, a Muslim, at great cost

لَحاوَلتَ جَدعاً أَو لَأُلفيتَ مُقعَداً

لَحاوَلتَ جَدعاً أَو لَأُلفيتَ مُقعَداً

تَزَحُّفَ تَمشي مِشيَةَ اِبنِ وَضينِ

تَزَحُّفَ تَمشي مِشيَةَ اِبنِ وَضينِ

You would surely face mutilation, or be found crippled,

You would have pretended to be lame or I would have found you sitting down

dragging yourself along, walking with Ibn Wadin's gait.

Crawling, walking like the son of Wadin