بيدِي أيُّها الأميرُ الأريبُ

بيدِي أيُّها الأميرُ الأريبُ

لا لشيءٍ إلّا لأنّي غريبُ

لا لشيءٍ إلّا لأنّي غريبُ

Take me by the hand, O discerning prince,

In my hands, O dubious prince

I yield my fate to you, O sagacious Prince,

for no reason save that I am a stranger,

For nothing, except that I am a stranger

For no cause other than that I am a stranger,

أو لأُمٍّ لها إذا ذكَرتْني

أو لأُمٍّ لها إذا ذكَرتْني

دمُ قلبٍ بدمع عينِ سكوبُ

دمُ قلبٍ بدمع عينِ سكوبُ

or for a mother: whenever she remembers me,

Or for a mother who, when she remembers me

Or for a mother’s sake, who, upon remembering me,

her heart's blood pours forth with her eye's tears.

The heart bleeds with teary eyes

Sheds the blood of her heart in pouring tears.

إن أكُن قبلَ أن رأيتُكَ أخطَأ

إن أكُن قبلَ أن رأيتُكَ أخطَأ

تُ فإنّي على يديكَ أتوبُ

تُ فإنّي على يديكَ أتوبُ

If, before I saw you, I had erred,

If I have sinned before I saw you

If, before I saw you, I had committed sin,

then at your hands I repent.

I now repent in your hands

Then behold, at your hands, I now repent.

عائِبٌ عابني لديكَ ومنهُ

عائِبٌ عابني لديكَ ومنهُ

خُلِقَت في ذوي العيوبِ العيوبُ

خُلِقَت في ذوي العيوبِ العيوبُ

A faultfinder found fault with me before you, and from him

He who blamed me when with you

A fault-finder maligned me to you, yet from him,

were created the faults in those who have faults.

Faults originate in the faulty

The very nature of faults was forged in the flawed.