تُحِلُّ إِذا اِستَرَبتُ بِكَ اِهتِضامي

تُحِلُّ إِذا اِستَرَبتُ بِكَ اِهتِضامي

وَأَنتَ فَعَلتَ أَفعالَ المُريبِ

وَأَنتَ فَعَلتَ أَفعالَ المُريبِ

You deem it lawful to wrong me when I suspect you,

When I feel close to you, my misgivings dissolve,

though you have acted like one who arouses suspicion.

Yet you have acted suspiciously.

ضَريبُكَ في بَني الدُنيا كَثيرٌ

ضَريبُكَ في بَني الدُنيا كَثيرٌ

وَعَزَّ اللَهُ رَبُّكَ عَن ضَريبِ

وَعَزَّ اللَهُ رَبُّكَ عَن ضَريبِ

Many are your peers among the sons of this world,

In worldly affairs you have ample means.

while God, your Lord, is exalted beyond any peer.

Your Lord is free of need.

وَما العُلَماءُ وَالجُهّالُ إِلّا

وَما العُلَماءُ وَالجُهّالُ إِلّا

قَريبٌ حينَ تَنظُرُ مِن قَريبِ

قَريبٌ حينَ تَنظُرُ مِن قَريبِ

And the learned and the ignorant are but

The wise and the ignorant are all alike

near equals, when you look closely.

When seen from up close.

مَتى ما يَأتِني أَجَلي بِأَرضي

مَتى ما يَأتِني أَجَلي بِأَرضي

فَنادِ عَلى الجَنازَةِ لِلغَريبِ

فَنادِ عَلى الجَنازَةِ لِلغَريبِ

Whenever my appointed hour comes to me in my own land,

When my time comes in my land,

then announce the funeral as a stranger's.

Call the stranger to my funeral.

أَكاشِرُ مَن لَقيتُ عَلى حِذارٍ

أَكاشِرُ مَن لَقيتُ عَلى حِذارٍ

وَلَيسَ عَلى اِعتِقادي مِن عَريبِ

وَلَيسَ عَلى اِعتِقادي مِن عَريبِ

I smile at those I meet, on my guard,

I befriend those I meet with caution,

and not a soul shares my beliefs.

Not relying on ties of kinship.