يا أَيُّها المولى الَّذي

يا أَيُّها المولى الَّذي

أَضحى بِمَجدٍ مُستَطابِ

أَضحى بِمَجدٍ مُستَطابِ

O lord, you who

O Lord who sacrificed

have come to enjoy splendid glory,

A praiseworthy glory

ما كان ردّي للكتاب

ما كان ردّي للكتاب

وحقِّ فضلكَ وَالكتابِ

وحقِّ فضلكَ وَالكتابِ

I did not return the book—

My response to the book

by your excellence and by the Book—

And the right of your favor and the book

إلّا لعلمكَ أنَّه

إلّا لعلمكَ أنَّه

قِشرٌ وسُمّيَ باللُبابِ

قِشرٌ وسُمّيَ باللُبابِ

except because you know that it

Was only for your knowledge that it

is a husk, though called “The Kernel.”

Is a shell and called kernels

فاِصفَح بفضلك عَن فَتىً

فاِصفَح بفضلك عَن فَتىً

قَد ضَلَّ في لَيلِ الشَبابِ

قَد ضَلَّ في لَيلِ الشَبابِ

So, in your generosity, pardon a youth

So forgive with your favor a youth

who has strayed in the night of youth.

Who went astray in the night of youth

وَالشيخُ أولى من عَفا

وَالشيخُ أولى من عَفا

عن ذَنبِ غِرٍّ في التَصابي

عن ذَنبِ غِرٍّ في التَصابي

And the elder is the worthiest of those who pardon

And the old man is more worthy of pardoning

the sin of an inexperienced youth in youthful play.

The sin of an ignorant man in his prime