إِن يَحسُدوني فَإِنّي غَيرُ لائِمِهِم

إِن يَحسُدوني فَإِنّي غَيرُ لائِمِهِم

قَبلي مِنَ الناسِ أَهلُ الفَضلِ قَد حُسِدوا

قَبلي مِنَ الناسِ أَهلُ الفَضلِ قَد حُسِدوا

As for those who envy me, I do not blame them;

If they envy me, I do not blame them;

before me, men of merit among mankind were envied.

Before me, those of merit among mankind were indeed envied.

فَدامَ لي وَلَهُم ما بي وَما بِهِمُ

فَدامَ لي وَلَهُم ما بي وَما بِهِمُ

وَماتَ أَكثَرُنا غَيظاً بِما يَجِدُ

وَماتَ أَكثَرُنا غَيظاً بِما يَجِدُ

So may what is in me and what is in them endure—mine for me, theirs for them;

So may what is in me and what is in them endure for me and for them;

and may whichever of us is more enraged die of what he feels.

And may the most enraged among us die of what he feels.

أَنا الَّذي وَجَدوني في حُلوقِهِمُ

أَنا الَّذي وَجَدوني في حُلوقِهِمُ

لا أَرتَقي صَعَداً مِنها وَأُزدَرَدُ

لا أَرتَقي صَعَداً مِنها وَأُزدَرَدُ

I am the one they have found lodged in their throats,

I am the one they found in their throats:

neither rising out of them nor being swallowed down.

I do not rise upward out of them, nor am I swallowed.

وَما أُؤَمِّلُ مِن أَمرٍ يَسوؤُهُمُ

وَما أُؤَمِّلُ مِن أَمرٍ يَسوؤُهُمُ

إِلّا وَعِندي لَهُم مِن مِثلِهِ مَدَدُ

إِلّا وَعِندي لَهُم مِن مِثلِهِ مَدَدُ

There is nothing I hope to achieve that vexes them

And I hope for nothing that would distress them

but I have more of its kind in reserve for them.

Without having more of its like in reserve for them.