بِأَبيthrough Abu الصَقرِal-Saqr (the falcon) عَلَيناupon us
بِأَبي الصَقرِ عَلَينا
نِعَمُblessings اللَهِof God جَليلَهgreat
نِعَمُ اللَهِ جَليلَه
Through Abu al-Saqr, upon us
By my father the falcon above us
come God's great blessings.
God's great blessings upon us
مَلَكٌan angel فيin عَينِهhis eye الدُنthe world (first part)
مَلَكٌ في عَينِه الدُن
ياcompletes 'the world' لِراجيهِfor one who looks to him قَليلَهlittle
يا لِراجيهِ قَليلَه
An angel, in whose eyes the world
An angel whose eye holds the world
is too little for anyone who looks to him.
Oh how little is asked by those hopeful of him