وَلَمّا رَأَينا المَنعَ مِنكُم سَجِيَّةً

وَلَمّا رَأَينا المَنعَ مِنكُم سَجِيَّةً

وَمازِلتُ بِالتَكليفِ مُستَفرِغاً جُهدي

وَمازِلتُ بِالتَكليفِ مُستَفرِغاً جُهدي

And when we saw that withholding was your nature,

When we saw your stern refusal

And I kept expending all my effort in making demands,

And I persisted in my efforts, fully exerting myself,

عَدَلنا إِلى التَخفيفِ عَنّا وَعَنكُمُ

عَدَلنا إِلى التَخفيفِ عَنّا وَعَنكُمُ

وَصِرنا نُجازي بِالدُعاءِ عَنِ الوِدِّ

وَصِرنا نُجازي بِالدُعاءِ عَنِ الوِدِّ

We turned to easing the burden on ourselves and you,

We turned to lightening the burden from us and you

And we began repaying affection with prayers.

And began repaying goodwill with prayer instead of affection

خَلَصنا وَأَسقَطنا التَجَمُّلَ بَينَنا

خَلَصنا وَأَسقَطنا التَجَمُّلَ بَينَنا

فَلا سَيِّدي يُعطي وَلا عَبدُهُ يُهدي

فَلا سَيِّدي يُعطي وَلا عَبدُهُ يُهدي

We were freed, and set aside the formal courtesies between us:

We were set free and dropped the pretense between us

So neither my master gives nor his servant offers gifts.

So neither master gives nor servant offers