أَعَاذَ اللَّهُ شَكْوَاكَ

أَعَاذَ اللَّهُ شَكْوَاكَ

وَأَهْدَى لَكَ إفْرَاقَا

وَأَهْدَى لَكَ إفْرَاقَا

May God protect you from your ailment,

May God protect your complaint

and grant you recovery.

And guide you to separation

خَرَجْنَا أَمْسِ لِلْصَّيْدِ

خَرَجْنَا أَمْسِ لِلْصَّيْدِ

وَكُنَّا فِيْهِ حُذَّاقَا

وَكُنَّا فِيْهِ حُذَّاقَا

We went out hunting yesterday,

We went out yesterday to hunt

and we were skilled at it.

And in it we were skilled

فَسَمَّيْنَا وَأَرْسَلْنَا

فَسَمَّيْنَا وَأَرْسَلْنَا

عَلَى بَخْتِكَ إِطْلاَقَا

عَلَى بَخْتِكَ إِطْلاَقَا

So we invoked God's name and sent them forth,

So we took aim and released

letting them loose, trusting in your good fortune.

Upon your good fortune unleashed

فَجَادَ اللَّهُ بِالرِّزْقِ

فَجَادَ اللَّهُ بِالرِّزْقِ

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ رَزَّاقَا

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ رَزَّاقَا

Then God bestowed sustenance generously,

God granted abundant sustenance

and God has always been a bountiful provider.

And God was the Sustainer

وَأَحْرَزْنَا مِنَ الدُّرَّا

وَأَحْرَزْنَا مِنَ الدُّرَّا

جِ مَا الرَّحْلُ بِهِ ضَاقَا

جِ مَا الرَّحْلُ بِهِ ضَاقَا

And we caught such a haul of francolins

We gained from the pearls

that the saddle could scarcely hold them.

What the saddlebags were too narrow for

فَأَطْعَمْتُ وَأَهْدَيْتُ

فَأَطْعَمْتُ وَأَهْدَيْتُ

إِلى الْمَطْبَخِ أَوْ سَاقَا

إِلى الْمَطْبَخِ أَوْ سَاقَا

So I fed others and sent gifts

So I fed and gifted

to the kitchen in loads.

To the kitchen or leg

وَخَيْرُ اللَّحْمِ مَا أَقْلَ

وَخَيْرُ اللَّحْمِ مَا أَقْلَ

قَهُ الْجَارِحُ إِقْلاَقا

قَهُ الْجَارِحُ إِقْلاَقا

And the finest meat is that which

The best meat is what the predator

the hunting predator has thoroughly harried.

Swallowed in gulps

وَذُو العَادَةِ لِلْصَّيْدِ

وَذُو العَادَةِ لِلْصَّيْدِ

إِذَا أَبْصَرَهُ تَاقَا

إِذَا أَبْصَرَهُ تَاقَا

And one accustomed to game

And the hunting accustomed

yearns for it when he sees it;

When he saw it, coveted

فَيَغْذُوهُ بِمَا كَانَ

فَيَغْذُوهُ بِمَا كَانَ

إِلَيْهِ الدَّهْرَ مُشْتَاقَا

إِلَيْهِ الدَّهْرَ مُشْتَاقَا

thus it nourishes him with what

So he feeds him what he had

he has always longed for.

Through time pined for

فَكُلْ مِنْهُ شَفَاكَ اللَّ

فَكُلْ مِنْهُ شَفَاكَ اللَّ

هُ مَشْوِيَّاً وَإِمْرَاقَا

هُ مَشْوِيَّاً وَإِمْرَاقَا

So eat of it—may God heal you—

So eat from it, may God cure you

roasted and made into broth.

Roasted or boiled

فَهَذَا الحِفْظُ لِلْصِّحَّ

فَهَذَا الحِفْظُ لِلْصِّحَّ

ةِ لا تَدْبِيْرُ إِسْحَاقَا

ةِ لا تَدْبِيْرُ إِسْحَاقَا

For this is what preserves health,

For this preservation is for health

not Ishaq's regimen.

Not managing deprivation