أوَدُّ بأنّنِي أبقى ويبقى

أوَدُّ بأنّنِي أبقى ويبقى

لِيَ الوَلَدُ المحبَّبُ والتِّلادُ

لِيَ الوَلَدُ المحبَّبُ والتِّلادُ

I wish that I may live on, and that there may remain

I wish that I and my beloved son may live on,

For me my beloved child and ancestral wealth;

And that our affection and bond will never be gone.

ولا أُقذى ولا أُوذى بشيءٍ

ولا أُقذى ولا أُوذى بشيءٍ

وأوّلُ خائبٍ هذا الوِدادُ

وأوّلُ خائبٍ هذا الوِدادُ

And that I be neither vexed nor harmed by anything—

That I won't be harmed, and won't do harm in any way,

Yet this wish is the first to be thwarted—

And that this love will be the first to go astray.

وأنِّي بين أثناءِ الّليالِي

وأنِّي بين أثناءِ الّليالِي

صلاحٌ لا يخالطه فسادُ

صلاحٌ لا يخالطه فسادُ

And that I, amid the folds of the nights,

That through the long nights, I'll have untainted grace,

Be goodness unmixed with corruption.

A purity not marred by any base disgrace.