سَأَستَعطِفُ الأَيّامَ حَتّى تَرُدَّني

سَأَستَعطِفُ الأَيّامَ حَتّى تَرُدَّني

إِلى جانِبٍ مِنها يَلينُ وَيَسهُلُ

إِلى جانِبٍ مِنها يَلينُ وَيَسهُلُ

I shall entreat the days until they bring me back

I will implore the days until they return me

To a side of them that is gentle and easy.

To a side of them that softens and makes easy

وَأَقنَعُ لا أَنَّ القَناعَةَ لي غِنىً

وَأَقنَعُ لا أَنَّ القَناعَةَ لي غِنىً

وَلَكِنَّ صَونَ العِرضِ بِالحُرِّ أَجمَلُ

وَلَكِنَّ صَونَ العِرضِ بِالحُرِّ أَجمَلُ

And I am content—not because contentment is wealth to me,

And I will be content not that contentment enriches me

But because safeguarding honor better befits a free man.

But that guarding honor with freedom is more beautiful