لبّيكat your service ألفاًa thousand times أباO father of حفصٍHafs إجابةًa response مَنone who
لبّيك ألفاً أبا حفصٍ إجابةً مَن
يُليdraws near (reading uncertain) إليكto you بودٍّwith affection غيرِnot مأثوبrewarded
يُلي إليك بودٍّ غيرِ مأثوب
At your service a thousand times, Abu Hafs—the answer of one
A thousand times yes Abul-Hafs, I respond
who draws near to you with affection that goes unrewarded.
To one who turns to you with unsullied love
أبعدis it after خمسٍfive وسبعينand seventy التحقتُI caught up بهاwith them
أبعد خمسٍ وسبعين التحقتُ بها
حتىuntil قرعتI struck لهذاfor this الدهرage ظُنبُوبيmy shinbone
حتى قرعت لهذا الدهر ظُنبُوبي
Have I, after reaching seventy-five years,
After seventy five years I have reached it
come to strike my shinbone in readiness for this age?
And now face the vagaries of time undeterred