ذرِيني وما أختارُهُ من تَصَوُّنِي

ذرِيني وما أختارُهُ من تَصَوُّنِي

ومَصِّي ثِمَادَ الرِزْقِ غيرَ مُكَدَّرِ

ومَصِّي ثِمَادَ الرِزْقِ غيرَ مُكَدَّرِ

Leave me to the dignity I choose to preserve,

Leave me be, and let me choose my own path

and to sipping the scant waters of sustenance, unmuddied.

And reap the fruits of sustenance without toil or bitterness

فقد خِيرَ لي ملكُ القَناعةِ واستوتْ

فقد خِيرَ لي ملكُ القَناعةِ واستوتْ

لديَّ به حالا مُقِلٍّ ومُكْثرِ

لديَّ به حالا مُقِلٍّ ومُكْثرِ

For the kingdom of contentment was chosen for me, and equal have become

For contentment has been decreed as my kingdom

to me, through it, the states of the poor and the rich.

And with it my state is the same whether living meagerly or in plenty

وزهَّدنِي بالكَدِّ علمي بأنني

وزهَّدنِي بالكَدِّ علمي بأنني

خُلقتُ على ما فِيَّ غيرَ مُخَيَّرِ

خُلقتُ على ما فِيَّ غيرَ مُخَيَّرِ

And what has turned me from toil is my knowledge that I

My knowledge has led me to abandon hardship

was created as I am, without being given a choice.

For I was created as I am, without a choice

فلستُ مفيتا بالهُوينا مقدَّراً

فلستُ مفيتا بالهُوينا مقدَّراً

ولا بالغاً بالكدِّ ما لم يُقَدَّرِ

ولا بالغاً بالكدِّ ما لم يُقَدَّرِ

So I will not, by taking things easy, miss what is decreed,

I cannot exceed what is divinely ordained

nor attain through toil what has not been decreed.

Nor force through hardship what is not destined