1. فَما أَنا إِلّا مِنكُمُ ما تَعَلَّقَت

    حَياتي إِلى اليَومِ الَّذي أَنا صائِرُه

    So I am but one of you, as long as it holds on—

    My life—until the day that I am bound to reach.

  2. وَما لِيَ شَيءٌ كانَ يوفي بِنِعمَةٍ

    عَلَيَّ لَكُم مِن فَضلِ ما أَنا شاكِرُه

    And I have nothing that could fully repay a favor

    You have bestowed on me, from the bounty for which I am grateful.

  3. وَلَو أَنَّ نَفساً لي تَمَنَّت سِوى الَّذي

    لَقيتُ لَكانَ الدَهرُ بي ذَلَّ عاثِرُه

    And had a soul of mine wished for anything other than what

    I have received, Time’s stumbling one would have been brought low through me.