إِنَّ الأَجَلَّ وَما رَأى أَحَداً

إِنَّ الأَجَلَّ وَما رَأى أَحَداً

في كُربَةٍ إِلّا وَفَرَّجَها

في كُربَةٍ إِلّا وَفَرَّجَها

Indeed, the most illustrious lord—who never saw anyone

For fate and what one sees has yet

in distress without relieving it—

To burden any soul that it won't cure

أَوفى كُميَتي بَعدَ ضَيعتَها

أَوفى كُميَتي بَعدَ ضَيعتَها

وَاللَهُ أَغناهُ وَأَحوَجَها

وَاللَهُ أَغناهُ وَأَحوَجَها

provided fully for my bay mare after her neglect;

My worries fulfilled once cast aside

and God had enriched him and made her needy.

And God enriched whom it made poor

وَبَدا لَهُ مِن بَعدِ ما سَكَنَت

وَبَدا لَهُ مِن بَعدِ ما سَكَنَت

رَأيٌ فَحَوَّلَها وَأَزعَجَها

رَأيٌ فَحَوَّلَها وَأَزعَجَها

And after she had settled, there occurred to him

When settled, schemes take form in the eye

a thought, so he moved her and drove her away.

That stir and perturb where once secure

وَأَظُنُّها أَكَلَت لِشِقوَتِها

وَأَظُنُّها أَكَلَت لِشِقوَتِها

مِن تِبنِهِ شَيئاً فَأَخرَجَها

مِن تِبنِهِ شَيئاً فَأَخرَجَها

And I think that, to her misfortune, she ate

I'd guess her hunger drove her to eat

some of his straw, so he turned her out.

Some straw though nature did not ensure

فَاِغفِر جِنايَتَها عَليَكَ وَإِن

فَاِغفِر جِنايَتَها عَليَكَ وَإِن

عَظُمَت فَإِنَّ الجوعَ أَحوَجَها

عَظُمَت فَإِنَّ الجوعَ أَحوَجَها

So forgive her offense against you, even if

Forgive her trespass made in need

it was grave, for hunger drove her to it.

For hunger pressed beyond endurance