أَنْتَ بِالْعِزَّةِ ماضِ

أَنْتَ بِالْعِزَّةِ ماضِ

وأَنا بالذُّلِّ راضِ

وأَنا بالذُّلِّ راضِ

You press on in pride,

You revel in pride

and I am content with abasement.

While I revel in humility

هَلْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِغَزالٍ

هَلْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِغَزالٍ

صادَ لَيْثاً في غِياضِ

صادَ لَيْثاً في غِياضِ

Have you heard of a gazelle

Have you heard of a gazelle

that hunted a lion in the thickets?

Who hunted a lion in the thicket?

بِأَبي رِيمٌ رَمى قَلْ

بِأَبي رِيمٌ رَمى قَلْ

بِي بِأَحْداقٍ مِراضِ

بِي بِأَحْداقٍ مِراضِ

May my father be ransom for a white gazelle that shot my

By my father a spear pierced my heart

heart with languid eyes.

With glances that were tender and kind