لا يُبعِدِ اللَهُ إِذ وَدَّعتُ أَرضَهُمُ

لا يُبعِدِ اللَهُ إِذ وَدَّعتُ أَرضَهُمُ

أَخي بَغيضاً وَلَكِن غَيرُهُ بَعُدا

أَخي بَغيضاً وَلَكِن غَيرُهُ بَعُدا

May God not banish—when I bade farewell to their land—

Allah does not distance one who bid farewell to their land

My brother Baghid; but may someone other than him be far away.

My bothersome brother, but distance did the parting

لا يُبعِدِ اللَهُ مَن يُعطي الجَزيلَ وَمَن

لا يُبعِدِ اللَهُ مَن يُعطي الجَزيلَ وَمَن

يَحبو الجَليلَ وَما أَكدى وَلا نَكِدا

يَحبو الجَليلَ وَما أَكدى وَلا نَكِدا

May God not banish him who gives lavish gifts, and who

Allah does not distance one who gives plenty and one who

Bestows great gifts, never ceasing to give or becoming miserly.

Loves the glorious, neither stingy nor hostile was he

وَمَن تُلاقيهِ بِالمَعروفِ مُبتَهِجاً

وَمَن تُلاقيهِ بِالمَعروفِ مُبتَهِجاً

إِذا اِجرَهَدَّ صَفا المَذمُومِ أَو صَلَدا

إِذا اِجرَهَدَّ صَفا المَذمُومِ أَو صَلَدا

And one you find delighted to do good,

One whom you meet with kindness, delighted

When the blameworthy man's rock grows hard or smooth.

If he persevered, he purified the blameworthy and froze folly

لاقَيتُهُ ثَلِجاً تَندى أَنامِلُهُ

لاقَيتُهُ ثَلِجاً تَندى أَنامِلُهُ

إِن يُعطِكَ اليَومَ لا يَمنَعكَ ذاكَ غَدا

إِن يُعطِكَ اليَومَ لا يَمنَعكَ ذاكَ غَدا

I met him glad at heart, his fingertips moist with dew;

I met him cool as ice, his fingers dripping

If he gives to you today, he will not withhold it from you tomorrow.

If he gives you today, nothing prevents him tomorrow

إِنّي لَرافِدُهُ وُدّي وَمَنصَرَتي

إِنّي لَرافِدُهُ وُدّي وَمَنصَرَتي

وَحافِظٌ غَيبَهُ إِن غابَ أَو شَهِدا

وَحافِظٌ غَيبَهُ إِن غابَ أَو شَهِدا

I surely lend him my affection and my support,

I am his aid, my love and alliance

And guard his honor, whether he is absent or present.

And keeper of his absence whether he's gone or witnessed