حَسبُكَenough for you ياO دَهرُTime أنَّنيthat I رَجُلٌa man
حَسبُكَ يا دَهرُ أنَّني رَجُلٌ
قاسَيتُI endured فيin ذاthis المُصابِcalamity أَهوالاhorrors
قاسَيتُ في ذا المُصابِ أَهوالا
It is enough for you, O Fate, that I am a man—
Let it suffice you, O Time, that I am a man
O fate, you think that I'm just a man
It suffices you, O Time, that I am a man
I have endured horrors in this calamity.
who has endured horrors in this calamity.
Who has endured the greatest of calamities unmoved
Who has endured, in this calamity, horrors.
لَوif قالَsaid عَبدُʿAbd (servant) الغَنِيِّal-Ghanī (the Self-Sufficient) مُتdie! أَسَفاًof grief
لَو قالَ عَبدُ الغَنِيِّ مُت أَسَفاً
لَقُلتُthen I would say إيهِgo on! وَلَستُand I am not أَهوىI love لاno
لَقُلتُ إيهِ وَلَستُ أَهوى لا
Had ʿAbd al-Ghani said, “Die of grief,”
If ʿAbd al-Ghanī said, 'Die of grief,'
Were the richest slave to die in sorrow
Had Abd al-Ghani said: "Die of sorrow,"
I would have said, “Yes”—for I have no love of “no.”
I would say, 'Go on!'—and I have no love for 'No.'
I'd say "serves him right!" For I feel no pity
I would have answered "Yes," for I do not desire "No."
Sol 6.1