أَعدَدتُ للدَّهرِ وأَحداثِه

أَعدَدتُ للدَّهرِ وأَحداثِه

أَخاً أراهُ في العُلا فَذّا

أَخاً أراهُ في العُلا فَذّا

Against time and its calamities I have made ready

I brought a brother for time and its events

a brother I deem peerless in the heights of glory.

I see him in glory, so very clever

إن شَذَّ مَعنىً من تَصارِيفهِ

إن شَذَّ مَعنىً من تَصارِيفهِ

دفعتُ ما شذَّ بما شَذَّا

دفعتُ ما شذَّ بما شَذَّا

If an unusual matter arises among its vicissitudes,

If an idea strays from its patterns

I ward off the unusual with the exceptional.

I repel what strays with one just as stray

لا خلفَ في ميعادِه إن يَعِد

لا خلفَ في ميعادِه إن يَعِد

رأَيتَهُ من صِدقِه أَخذا

رأَيتَهُ من صِدقِه أَخذا

There is no breach in his promise; if he gives his word,

No failing his promise if he swears

you see him bound by his truthfulness.

You’d see him, so true to his word, keeping it