يا مَن جَعَلناهُ لِحاجَتِنا

يا مَن جَعَلناهُ لِحاجَتِنا

أَهلاً فَأَسلَمَنا إِلا الياسِ

أَهلاً فَأَسلَمَنا إِلا الياسِ

O you whom we deemed, for our need,

O you who we made for our need

worthy—yet you consigned us to despair.

Welcome, so we surrendered except to despair

لا تَخشَ غائِلَةَ الهِجاءِ بِأَخ

لا تَخشَ غائِلَةَ الهِجاءِ بِأَخ

صامي فَلَيسَ عَليكَ مِن باسِ

صامي فَلَيسَ عَليكَ مِن باسِ

Do not fear the harm satire brings to my

Do not fear the misfortune of criticism, my brother

adversaries, for you are in no danger.

Fasting, so there is no harm upon you

إِن تَسعَ فيها كانَ سَعيُكَ مَق

إِن تَسعَ فيها كانَ سَعيُكَ مَق

بولاًعَلى العَينينِ وَالراسِ

بولاًعَلى العَينينِ وَالراسِ

If you strive to fulfill it, your efforts will be

If it is wide in it, your effort was

accepted upon both eyes and the head.

Acceptable to the eyes and head

أَو لَم تُوَفَّق لِلقَضاءِ لَها

أَو لَم تُوَفَّق لِلقَضاءِ لَها

كُنتَ اِمرَءاً مِن جُملَةِ الناسِ

كُنتَ اِمرَءاً مِن جُملَةِ الناسِ

Or, if you are not granted success in fulfilling it,

Or you were not enabled to accomplish it

you would be but a man among other people.

You were a man among the people