إِقنَي حَياءَكَ في عِزٍّ وَفي كَرَمٍ

إِقنَي حَياءَكَ في عِزٍّ وَفي كَرَمٍ

فَإِنَّما كانَ شَمّاسٌ مِنَ الناسِ

فَإِنَّما كانَ شَمّاسٌ مِنَ الناسِ

Hold fast to your modesty, in honor and nobility.

Restrain your bashfulness whether in honor or generosity

For Shammās was but one among humankind.

For he who reproached was but a candle-lighter among men

قَد كانَ حَمزَةُ لَيثَ اللَهِ فَاِصطَبِري

قَد كانَ حَمزَةُ لَيثَ اللَهِ فَاِصطَبِري

فَذاقَ يَومَإِذٍ مِن كاسِ شَمّاسِ

فَذاقَ يَومَإِذٍ مِن كاسِ شَمّاسِ

Hamza was indeed the lion of God, so be patient.

Hamzah was the lion of God, so be patient

And that day he tasted from Shammās’s cup.

For he tasted one day from the cup of the candle-lighter