ما مِن مُصيبَةِ نَكبَةٍ أُمنَى بِها

ما مِن مُصيبَةِ نَكبَةٍ أُمنَى بِها

إِلا تُعَظِّمُني وَتَرفَعُ شانِي

إِلا تُعَظِّمُني وَتَرفَعُ شانِي

No stroke of misfortune befalls me

No misfortune or calamity wished upon me

But it makes me greater and raises my standing.

Except to magnify and raise my status

وَتَزُولُ حينَ تَزولُ عَن مُتَخَمِّطٍ

وَتَزُولُ حينَ تَزولُ عَن مُتَخَمِّطٍ

تُخشَى بَوادِرُهُ عَلى الأَقرانِ

تُخشَى بَوادِرُهُ عَلى الأَقرانِ

And when it passes, it passes from a wrathful man

And disappear when it disappears from the wretched

Whose sudden outbursts against his rivals are feared.

Whose omens are feared by peers

إِنّي إِذا خَفِيَ اللِئامُ رَأَيتَني

إِنّي إِذا خَفِيَ اللِئامُ رَأَيتَني

كَالشَّمسِ لا تَخفى بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

كَالشَّمسِ لا تَخفى بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

Indeed, when the ignoble fade from sight, you see me

When the wicked are hidden I appear

Like the sun, which is hidden nowhere.

Like the sun not obscured in any place

إِنّي عَلى ما قَد تَرَونَ مُحَسَّدٌ

إِنّي عَلى ما قَد تَرَونَ مُحَسَّدٌ

أنمي عَلى البَغضاءِ والشَنآنِ

أنمي عَلى البَغضاءِ والشَنآنِ

Indeed, despite what you may see, I am much envied;

However much you may see me envied

I flourish despite hatred and enmity.

I grow despite the hatred and rancor

أَصبَحتُ لِلأَنصارِ فيما نابَهم

أَصبَحتُ لِلأَنصارِ فيما نابَهم

خَلَفاً وَلِلشُّعراءِ مِن حَسَّانِ

خَلَفاً وَلِلشُّعراءِ مِن حَسَّانِ

For the Ansar, in what has befallen them, I have become

I have become for the supporters in what has afflicted them

A successor to Hassan—and for the poets too.

A successor, and for the poets among the refined