لكل امرئ سادة جمة

لكل امرئ سادة جمة

هم اليد والكف والساعد

هم اليد والكف والساعد

Every person has many masters:

Every man has generous masters—

They are the hand, the palm, and the forearm.

They are the hand, the palm, the forearm.

واني لأقربهم للمنى

واني لأقربهم للمنى

وان كان لي سيد واحد

وان كان لي سيد واحد

And I am surely the closest of them to my wishes,

And I am closest to my wish

Though I have but one master.

Though I have but a single master.