يا رَبَّةَ الخِدرِ عُدّي ميتَةً وَسَناً

يا رَبَّةَ الخِدرِ عُدّي ميتَةً وَسَناً

فَإِنَّما أَنتِ إِحدى الغيدِ مِن مُضَرِ

فَإِنَّما أَنتِ إِحدى الغيدِ مِن مُضَرِ

O mistress of the secluded chamber, regard death as slumber,

O Lady of the tent, count me among the dead

For you are but one of Mudar’s graceful women.

For you are but one of the maidens of Mudar

طيبي ضَميراً بِأَمرٍ لا مَحيدَ لَهُ

طيبي ضَميراً بِأَمرٍ لا مَحيدَ لَهُ

يَلقاهُ بِالرَغمِ أَهلُ البَدوِ وَالحَضَرِ

يَلقاهُ بِالرَغمِ أَهلُ البَدوِ وَالحَضَرِ

Be at peace in heart with what cannot be avoided:

Be content with an inescapable matter

Desert-dwellers and townsfolk meet it against their will.

Which the people of the deserts and towns must face

لَم تُكفَهُ الخُضرُ مِن لُؤمٍ وَلا كَرَمٍ

لَم تُكفَهُ الخُضرُ مِن لُؤمٍ وَلا كَرَمٍ

وَلا تَجاوَزَ عَن موسى وَلا الخَضِرِ

وَلا تَجاوَزَ عَن موسى وَلا الخَضِرِ

Neither baseness nor nobility spared the Khudr from it,

Neither greenness could spare him from blame or nobility

Nor did it pass over Moses or al-Khidr.

Nor did he transcend Moses or al-Khidr

لَو كانَتِ الريحُ تَحتي ما نَجَوتُ بِها

لَو كانَتِ الريحُ تَحتي ما نَجَوتُ بِها

فَكَيفَ أَنجو بِذاتِ الشَدِّ وَالحُضُرِ

فَكَيفَ أَنجو بِذاتِ الشَدِّ وَالحُضُرِ

Were the wind beneath me, I would not escape upon it;

If the wind were under my control, I would not have survived

How then can I escape on a mount that runs and gallops?

So how can I survive such firmness and resolve?