فَهَل لَكَ في حاجَتي حاجَةٌ

فَهَل لَكَ في حاجَتي حاجَةٌ

وَأَنتَ لَها تارِكٌ طارِحُ

وَأَنتَ لَها تارِكٌ طارِحُ

Have you, then, any interest in my request,

Do you care for my need while ignoring it,

while you abandon it and cast it aside?

And you are the one abandoning and discarding it?

أَمِتها لَكَ الخَيرُ أَم أَحيِها

أَمِتها لَكَ الخَيرُ أَم أَحيِها

كَما يَفعَلُ الرَّجلُ الصالِحُ

كَما يَفعَلُ الرَّجلُ الصالِحُ

Put it to death—may good be yours—or bring it to life,

Is it better for you to let it die or revive it,

as a righteous man would do.

As a righteous man would do?

إِذا قُلت قَد أَقبَلَت أَدبَرَت

إِذا قُلت قَد أَقبَلَت أَدبَرَت

كَمَن لَيسَ غادٍ وَلا رائِحُ

كَمَن لَيسَ غادٍ وَلا رائِحُ

Whenever I say, “It has come forward,” it turns away,

If I say it approaches, yet it retreats,

like one who goes forth neither in the morning nor in the evening.

Like one neither coming nor going.