صاحO friend إنif ضامكwrongs you الزمانُtime فيمّمthen head toward
صاح إن ضامك الزمانُ فيمّم
ثغرَthe port of عكاAcre فإنّهاfor it is خيرthe best وُجهَهْdestination
ثغرَ عكا فإنّها خير وُجهَهْ
O friend, if time wrongs you, make your way
Cry out! If time obscures you, direct
to the port of Acre, for it is the best destination.
your mouth to Acre, for it is the best of its faces
ربّماperhaps تسعفlend aid الحظوظُfortunes وتحظىand you are blessed
ربّما تسعف الحظوظُ وتحظى
بعليٍّwith Ali مَنone whose كرّمhas honored اللهGod وَجههْhis face
بعليٍّ مَن كرّم الله وَجههْ
Perhaps fortune will aid you, and you will be blessed
Perhaps good fortune will help and you will be blessed
with Ali, whose face God has honored.
with an Alī whose face God has honored