اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّ ما

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّ ما

بِيَدي يَزيدَ لِغَيرِهِ

بِيَدي يَزيدَ لِغَيرِهِ

God knows that what

God knows that what I have

is in Yazid's hands belongs to someone else,

Would benefit another more

وَبِأَنَّهُ لَم يَكتَسِب

وَبِأَنَّهُ لَم يَكتَسِب

هُ بِخَيرِهِ وَبِميرِهِ

هُ بِخَيرِهِ وَبِميرِهِ

and that he did not acquire

And that he did not gain it

it through his goodness and his provisioning.

Through his own good or merit

لَو أَنصَفَ النَفسَ الخَؤو

لَو أَنصَفَ النَفسَ الخَؤو

ن لَقَصّرَت مِن سَيرِهِ

ن لَقَصّرَت مِن سَيرِهِ

Had he dealt fairly with the treacherous soul,

If the deceitful soul were fair

it would have curtailed his course;

It would shorten its journey there

وَلَكانَ ذَلِكَ مِنهُ أَد

وَلَكانَ ذَلِكَ مِنهُ أَد

نى شَرِّهِ مِن خَيرِهِ

نى شَرِّهِ مِن خَيرِهِ

and that, from him, would have been nearer

And that would lessen the evil

to his evil than to his good.

More than increasing the good