1. My performance with people is my performance
Though they betrayed, their loyalty was mine
١. أَدائي عِندَ أَقوامٍ أَدائي
وَقَد غَدَروا وَفاءَ لَهُم وَفائي
2. The leader of faith and world leads me
And the view of beauty and goodness is behind me
٢. إِمامُ الدينِ وَالدُنيا أَمامي
وَرَأي الحسنِ وَالحُسنى وَرائي
3. The envious abuse me but I do not care
My survival makes their survival miserable
٣. يَسُبُّني الحَسودُ وَلا أُبالي
بَقائي مُهجَتهُ بَقائي
4. Death competes with me and death is certain
So I avoid the evil and move away from my demise
٤. يُنافِسُني وَهذا المَوتُ حَتمٌ
فَنَأيُ الشَأوِ دان مِن فنائي
5. The love of Abdul Ghani resides in my heart
Though his home is far from me
٥. ثوى عَبد الغَني هَوىً بِقَلبي
فَلَيسَ وَإِن نَأى عَنّي بِنائي
6. The young man, if his years persisted
I would have tied my banner to the sky with him
٦. صَغيرُ السِنِّ لَو دامَت سُنوهُ
عَقَدتُ عَلى السِماكِ بِهِ لِوائي
7. He is loyal in every battlefield
Unless disloyalty becomes my banner
٧. لَهُ في كُلِّ مَوعِدَةٍ وَفاء
إِذا ما كانَ إخلاف لِوائي
8. Your grandfather stirred strife at Hunain
And at Badr, and left traces at Kudaa
٨. أَثارَ النَقعَ جَدُّكَ في حُنينٍ
وَفي بَدرٍ وَأَثَّرَ في كُداءِ
9. The sword relieved me from the zeal of enemies
But in you is my affliction
٩. شَفاني السَيف مِن هامِ الأَعادي
وَلكِنَّ المَنِيَّةِ فيكَ دائي