وما أُقيمُ بدارٍ لا أعزُّ بها

وما أُقيمُ بدارٍ لا أعزُّ بها

ولا يقرُّ قراري حيثُ أُبتذَلُ

ولا يقرُّ قراري حيثُ أُبتذَلُ

I do not dwell in a home where I am not honored,

And I do not dwell in an abode where I am not honored,

nor can I rest where I am treated with contempt.

Nor do I settle where I am demeaned.

وقد كفاني انتجاعَ الغيث مَعرِفتي

وقد كفاني انتجاعَ الغيث مَعرِفتي

بأنَّ دَلِّير لي من سَيِبه بَدَلُ

بأنَّ دَلِّير لي من سَيِبه بَدَلُ

I have been spared the need to journey in search of rain

And I have been spared the quest for rain by knowing

by knowing that, from Dalir’s bounty, I have a substitute for it.

That Dallīr, through his bounty, takes its place for me.

تَجَنَّبَت نشوات الخمر هِمَّتهُ

تَجَنَّبَت نشوات الخمر هِمَّتهُ

وأَعلمَتنَا العطايا أنه ثَملُ

وأَعلمَتنَا العطايا أنه ثَملُ

His high resolve has shunned the intoxications of wine,

His lofty spirit has shunned the raptures of wine,

yet his gifts have told us that he is drunk.

And his gifts have shown us that he is drunk.