الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ أَلَم يَنهَني

الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ أَلَم يَنهَني

تَجرِبَةُ الناسِ عَنِ الناسِ

تَجرِبَةُ الناسِ عَنِ الناسِ

Praise be to God! Have I not been deterred

Praise be to God! Did it not deter me,

from people by experience of people,

My experience of people from relying on people?

فَأَمنَعَ النَفسَ هَواها فَقَد

فَأَمنَعَ النَفسَ هَواها فَقَد

أَذَلَّني لِلناسِ إِفلاسي

أَذَلَّني لِلناسِ إِفلاسي

so that I deny my soul its desire? For indeed

So I restrain my soul from its desires, for indeed

my pennilessness has humbled me before people.

My bankruptcy has humiliated me before men.

سَكَتُّ لِلدَهرِ وَأَحداثِهِ

سَكَتُّ لِلدَهرِ وَأَحداثِهِ

حَتّى خَرا الدَهرُ عَلى راسي

حَتّى خَرا الدَهرُ عَلى راسي

I kept silent before Time and its calamities,

I held my silence regarding Time and its events,

until Time shat on my head.

Until Time defecated upon my head.