عَقيدَ العُلى لا زِلتَ تَستَعبِدُ العُلى

عَقيدَ العُلى لا زِلتَ تَستَعبِدُ العُلى

وَتُعتِقُ مِنها رِقَّ كُلِّ أَسيرِ

وَتُعتِقُ مِنها رِقَّ كُلِّ أَسيرِ

O sworn companion of greatness, may you ever hold greatness in thrall,

O master of the highlands, you still enslave the highlands

and free every captive from its bondage.

And free every captive from it.

لَئِن خَفَّ مِن ضافي رِدائِكَ عاتِقي

لَئِن خَفَّ مِن ضافي رِدائِكَ عاتِقي

فَوُدُّكَ يَخطو في رِداءِ قَتيري

فَوُدُّكَ يَخطو في رِداءِ قَتيري

Even if your ample cloak grows lighter on my shoulder,

If my shoulders shrink from your cloak’s edges,

yet my love for you strides in the mantle of my gray hair.

Then your love strides in a poor man's cloak.

سَتَعلَمُ أَنَّ الثَوبَ يَدثُرُ رَسمُهُ

سَتَعلَمُ أَنَّ الثَوبَ يَدثُرُ رَسمُهُ

وَرَسمُ الهَوى في القَلبِ غَيرُ دَثورِ

وَرَسمُ الهَوى في القَلبِ غَيرُ دَثورِ

You will know that the garment’s form wears away,

You will know that clothes can cover up their shapes,

while love’s imprint in the heart never fades.

While the shape of passion in the heart cannot fade.

فَلا تُشمِتَنَّ الحاسِدينَ فَسِرُّهُم

فَلا تُشمِتَنَّ الحاسِدينَ فَسِرُّهُم

يَشِفُّ لِظَنّي مِن وَراءِ أُمورِ

يَشِفُّ لِظَنّي مِن وَراءِ أُمورِ

So do not give the envious cause to gloat, for their secret

So do not let the envious gloat, for their secret

shows through to my suspicions from behind events.

Cures my suspicions from behind the scenes.