مَن سَبَّني مِن ثَقيفٍ

مَن سَبَّني مِن ثَقيفٍ

فَإِنَّني لَن أَسُبَّه

فَإِنَّني لَن أَسُبَّه

Whoever of Thaqif insults me,

Whoever insults me from Thaqif

Whoever among Thaqif reviles me,

I shall not insult him.

I will not insult him

I shall certainly not revile him in return.

أَبَحتُ عِرضي ثَقيفاً

أَبَحتُ عِرضي ثَقيفاً

وَلَطمَ خَدّي وَضَربَه

وَلَطمَ خَدّي وَضَربَه

I have made my honor fair game for Thaqif,

I offered my honor to Thaqif

I have made my honor permissible for Thaqif,

And let them slap my cheek and strike it.

And he slapped my cheek and hit it

And yielded my cheek to their slapping and blows.

وَكَيفَ يُنكَرُ هَذا

وَكَيفَ يُنكَرُ هَذا

وَفيهُمُ لي أَحِبَّه

وَفيهُمُ لي أَحِبَّه

And how could this be thought strange,

And how can this be denied

And how could this be denied,

When I have loved ones among them?

When among them I have those I love

When among them are those I hold dear?

لَأوسِعَنَّ بِحِلمي

لَأوسِعَنَّ بِحِلمي

عَبدَ الحَبيبِ وَكَلبَه

عَبدَ الحَبيبِ وَكَلبَه

I shall surely extend my forbearance

I will be generous with my patience

My forbearance shall surely embrace

To the beloved’s slave and his dog.

To the servant of the Beloved and his dog

The slave of the beloved, and even his dog.

وَلا أَكونُ كَمَن لَم

وَلا أَكونُ كَمَن لَم

يوسِع لِمَولاهُ قَلبَه

يوسِع لِمَولاهُ قَلبَه

And I shall not be like one who did not

And I will not be like one who did not

And I will not be like one who did not

Make room in his heart for his master,

Expand his heart for his Master

Make room in his heart for his friend,

فَقامَ يَدعو عَلَيهِ

فَقامَ يَدعو عَلَيهِ

وَيَجعَلُ اللَهَ حَسبَه

وَيَجعَلُ اللَهَ حَسبَه

Then rose to pray against him,

So he stood cursing him

But rose instead to invoke curses upon him,

And deemed God sufficient for himself.

And made Allah suffice for him

And called upon God to be his reckoner.