شكرتني الجرد الصلادم إذ رأت

شكرتني الجرد الصلادم إذ رأت

دون البلاد توطني صهواتها

دون البلاد توطني صهواتها

The lean, stalwart steeds thanked me when they saw

The sleek, sturdy steeds thanked me when they saw

that, rather than any land, I made their backs my home.

Me making my home on their backs rather than in any land.

وإذا ظفرت بلذة لي ذلة

وإذا ظفرت بلذة لي ذلة

فيها زجرت النفس عن لذاتها

فيها زجرت النفس عن لذاتها

And whenever I found a pleasure that held abasement for me,

And whenever I attain a pleasure that brings me humiliation,

I rebuked my soul there and kept it from its desires.

I restrain my soul from its pleasures.