أذل فيا حبذا من مدل

أذل فيا حبذا من مدل

ومن ظالم لدمي مستحل

ومن ظالم لدمي مستحل

I humble myself—how delightful a coy beloved,

Better to be humiliated than act unjustly

And a tyrant who deems it lawful to shed my blood!

Or be an oppressor who sheds blood unlawfully

إذا ما تعزز قابلته

إذا ما تعزز قابلته

بذل وذلك جهد المقل

بذل وذلك جهد المقل

Whenever he grows proud, I meet him

When faced with the arrogant, counter him

With humility—that is the utmost a poor man can offer.

With humility, that is the toil of the wise