ما بِي ثَراؤك مِن ذَخر وَلا مال

ما بِي ثَراؤك مِن ذَخر وَلا مال

فَاِستَبق دُنياك حَسبي كنز آمالي

فَاِستَبق دُنياك حَسبي كنز آمالي

I care nothing for your wealth, whether stored treasure or money.

Your wealth is no treasure or property to me,

So keep your world; the treasure of my hopes is enough for me.

So keep your worldly goods - my hopes are all I need.

ما بِي شَقيت وَما بي إِن نَعمت وَما

ما بِي شَقيت وَما بي إِن نَعمت وَما

بِالقَلب زَهو الغِنى أَو رِقَة الحال

بِالقَلب زَهو الغِنى أَو رِقَة الحال

I care not if you suffer, or if you prosper; nor

I have no misery, no joy in bounty or state -

is there in my heart the pride of wealth or the frailty of poverty.

In my heart is neither pride of riches nor plight.

دُنياي وَهِيَ مِن الدُنيا عَلى نَفس

دُنياي وَهِيَ مِن الدُنيا عَلى نَفس

أَثرى مِن التبر أَو أَسمى مِن المال

أَثرى مِن التبر أَو أَسمى مِن المال

My world, itself part of this world, rests upon a soul

My world that is part of the wider world

richer than gold dust, or loftier than money.

Is richer than soil, higher than wealth's height.

وَهَبت لِلناس مِن دُنيا مَطامعهم

وَهَبت لِلناس مِن دُنيا مَطامعهم

ما عِندَها لي مِن نعمى وَاِقبال

ما عِندَها لي مِن نعمى وَاِقبال

I gave people, from the world of their ambitions,

I gave people their worldly desires from it -

whatever bliss and good fortune it holds for me.

It has for me no bounty or fortune bright.

فَليَترُكوا لي أَحلامي وَما نَسجت

فَليَترُكوا لي أَحلامي وَما نَسجت

حَولي مِن الضَنك إِن لَم يَرضِهم حالي

حَولي مِن الضَنك إِن لَم يَرضِهم حالي

So let them leave me my dreams and what they have woven

So let them leave my dreams that I have spun,

around me out of hardship, if my condition does not please them.

My state of distress, if it does not delight.

وَهَبتهم مِن لَذذاتي وَصَمت فَلَم

وَهَبتهم مِن لَذذاتي وَصَمت فَلَم

أُطعم لِذيذاً وَلَم أُفطر عَلى حال

أُطعم لِذيذاً وَلَم أُفطر عَلى حال

I gave them of my pleasures and fasted, so I was not

I gave them my pleasures and went silent -

fed anything delicious, nor did I break my fast under any circumstance.

Not fed on delicacies nor broke fast overnight.

وَلا غَنيت وَما أَبغي وَلا رَغبت

وَلا غَنيت وَما أَبغي وَلا رَغبت

دُنياي في وَفرة مِنها وِإِقلال

دُنياي في وَفرة مِنها وِإِقلال

I have not grown rich, nor do I seek to; nor has

I sang no riches, wanted no more, no less -

my world desired this world's abundance or scarcity.

My world in its plenty and dearth kept me right.

وَعَشت أَنعَم في عَدمي وَيُسعدني

وَعَشت أَنعَم في عَدمي وَيُسعدني

إِني تَخففت مِن إِصري وَأَثقالي

إِني تَخففت مِن إِصري وَأَثقالي

And I lived more at ease in my poverty, and it gladdens me

I lived blessed in my nothingness, pleased that

that I have shed my burden and my heavy loads.

I was lightened of my burdens and their weight.

أُولئك الناس لَم أَطرق حَقائقهم

أُولئك الناس لَم أَطرق حَقائقهم

فَما لَهُم بي لا أَهلي وَلا آلي

فَما لَهُم بي لا أَهلي وَلا آلي

Those people—I have not explored their truths;

I never probed the essence of those people,

so what have they to do with me—neither my family nor my kin?

To me they are neither kith nor kin outright.

جانَبت باطل أَيامي وَزهّدني

جانَبت باطل أَيامي وَزهّدني

فيها خَوادع ما يَطفو مِن الآل

فيها خَوادع ما يَطفو مِن الآل

I shunned the falsehood of my days, and was made to lose desire

I shunned the vanity of my days, and it rendered

for them by the deceptions of the floating mirage.

Me aloof from the guiles that visibility excites.