1. إذا غضب الأنام وأنت راضٍ

    عليّ فما أبالي مَن جفاني

    If all mankind is angry while you are pleased

    with me, I care not who shuns me.

  2. وكيف أَذُمُّ للأيّام فِعْلاً

    وقد وهَبَتْكَ يا كلَّ الأماني

    And how could I blame the days for any deed,

    when they have given me you, O all I wish for?

  3. فقُلْ لِلحاسِدينَ ثِقوا بِكَبْتٍ

    يَقودُكُم إِلى دَرْكِ التّفاني

    So tell the envious: be assured of humiliation

    that leads you to the depths of destruction.

  4. صَفا وَرد الصفاءِ وَرَقَّ رو

    حُ الوفاء وأينعت ثُمُرُ التَّداني

    The rose of sincerity grew pure, and the spirit

    of loyalty grew tender, and the fruits of closeness ripened.

  5. وواصَلَ مَن أُحِبُّ فبِتُّ منه

    أَرُود اللَّحْظَ في رَوْض الجنانِ

    And the one I love joined me; all night, in him,

    I let my gaze roam through the gardens of Paradise.

  6. ويا عينَ الرَّقيبِ سخِنْتِ عيناً

    فَما أَغنى شهادك إِذ رَعاني

    And O watcher's eye, may you weep hot tears!

    For your watching availed nothing when he cared for me.

  7. وصلت إلى مُنَايَ وأنتِ عَبْرَى

    تُضَلِّلُكِ المَدَامِعُ عَن مَكاني

    I attained my desire while you were tearful,

    your tears hiding my whereabouts from you.

  8. فَمَن لَقِيَ الزَّمانَ بِوَجهِ سُخطٍ

    فإنّي قد رَضِيتُ على الزّمانِ

    So if anyone meets Time with a face of resentment,

    I, for my part, am content with Time.