أَيَسُرُّني أَنّي أُسَمّى طائِعاً

أَيَسُرُّني أَنّي أُسَمّى طائِعاً

وَأَنا الشَهيدُ عَلَيَّ بِالعِصيانِ

وَأَنا الشَهيدُ عَلَيَّ بِالعِصيانِ

Would it please me to be called obedient,

Does it please me that I am called obedient,

While I myself bear witness to my own disobedience?

When I myself testify against my disobedience?

أَو مُنَعَّماً وَأَنا بِمالِيَ باخِلٌ

أَو مُنَعَّماً وَأَنا بِمالِيَ باخِلٌ

أَو صادِقاً وَالإِفكُ وَصفُ لِساني

أَو صادِقاً وَالإِفكُ وَصفُ لِساني

Or blessed, while I am miserly with my wealth,

Or generous, when I am miserly with my wealth?

Or truthful, while falsehood marks my tongue?

Or truthful, when falsehood describes my tongue?

لا وَالَّذي سَتَرَ القَبيحَ عَلَيَّ مِن

لا وَالَّذي سَتَرَ القَبيحَ عَلَيَّ مِن

فِعلي وَمِن إِحسانِهِ أَولاني

فِعلي وَمِن إِحسانِهِ أَولاني

No—by Him who concealed the ugliness of

No, by Him who has concealed my ugly deeds from others

My deeds, and bestowed His kindness upon me—

And granted me His favor and cared for me,

لَم أَرضَ مِنّي ما سَخَطتُ مِنَ الوَرى

لَم أَرضَ مِنّي ما سَخَطتُ مِنَ الوَرى

أَو كُنتُ ذاكَ فَلَستُ بِالإِنسانِ

أَو كُنتُ ذاكَ فَلَستُ بِالإِنسانِ

I have not accepted in myself what I condemned in others;

I am not pleased with myself for what I dislike in others,

Or, were I so, I would not be human.

Or if I were that way, I would not be human.