سَيِّدُنَاour lord لاَnot يَنِيslackens حَتَّىuntil
سَيِّدُنَا لاَ يَنِي حَتَّى
يُنَاunclear as written نَيunclear as written فِيهِin him حَلاوَهsweetness
يُنَا نَي فِيهِ حَلاوَه
Our lord does not relent until
Our master does not go to sleep
[Opening words unclear]—there is sweetness in him.
Until he finds in it sweetness
كَالفَأسِlike an axe لاnot يَستَجِدُّundertakes anew قَطعاًcutting
كَالفَأسِ لا يَستَجِدُّ قَطعاً
إلاَّunless وَفيand in عَينِهِhis eye هِرَاوَهa cudgel
إلاَّ وَفي عَينِهِ هِرَاوَه
Like an axe, he makes no fresh cut
Like an axe that never stops chopping
unless a cudgel is in his eye.
Except in his eyes there is madness