لَقَد خَاصَمَتنِي دُهَاةُ الرِّجَالِ

لَقَد خَاصَمَتنِي دُهَاةُ الرِّجَالِ

وَخَاصَمتُهَا سَنَةً وافِيَه

وَخَاصَمتُهَا سَنَةً وافِيَه

The shrewdest of men have wrangled with me,

The shrewdest of men have indeed contended with me,

and I have wrangled with them for a full year.

and I contended with them for a full year.

فَمَا أدحضَ اللهُ لي حُجَّةً

فَمَا أدحضَ اللهُ لي حُجَّةً

وَلا خَيَّبَ اللهُ لي قَافِيَه

وَلا خَيَّبَ اللهُ لي قَافِيَه

Yet God has never let an argument of mine fail,

God has refuted no argument of mine,

nor has God ever let a rhyme of mine fall flat.

nor has God let a rhyme of mine fail.

ومن خِفتُ جَورِهِ في القَضَاءِ

ومن خِفتُ جَورِهِ في القَضَاءِ

فَلَستُ أخَافُكَ يَا عَافِيَه

فَلَستُ أخَافُكَ يَا عَافِيَه

And whoever’s injustice in judgment I once feared—

And whoever else's injustice I may have feared in judgment,

I do not fear you, O ʿĀfiyah.

I do not fear you, O ʿĀfiyah.