تَجافَيتُ عَن عِزٍّ يُنالُ بِذِلَّةٍ

تَجافَيتُ عَن عِزٍّ يُنالُ بِذِلَّةٍ

وَرَوَّحتِ نَفسي حينَ عوَّدتُها الياسا

وَرَوَّحتِ نَفسي حينَ عوَّدتُها الياسا

I turned away from honor won through humiliation.

I shunned honor attained through humiliation

And you soothed my soul when I accustomed it to despair.

And solaced my soul when I made it despair

وَلي هِمَّةٌ تَستَصغِرُ الدَّهرَ وَالوَرى

وَلي هِمَّةٌ تَستَصغِرُ الدَّهرَ وَالوَرى

فَأَلئِم بِهِ دَهراً وَأَخسِر بِهِم ناسا

فَأَلئِم بِهِ دَهراً وَأَخسِر بِهِم ناسا

And I have an ambition that deems time and humankind insignificant.

And I have an ambition belittling fate and the world

How base an age it is, then, and how wretched a people they are!

So I blame fate for it and make people lose through it