وَمُكَابِدٍ حَالاً يُسَدِّدُهَا

وَمُكَابِدٍ حَالاً يُسَدِّدُهَا

وَيَرُمُّ ظَاهِرَهَا بِبَاطِنِهَا

وَيَرُمُّ ظَاهِرَهَا بِبَاطِنِهَا

And many a man struggles with a plight, setting it right,

And one who endures adversity correcting it

and mends its exterior with its interior.

And casts aside its façade with its essence

حَسَدَتْهُ عَيْنٌ مِنْ تَأَمُّلِهَا

حَسَدَتْهُ عَيْنٌ مِنْ تَأَمُّلِهَا

وَالرَّحْمُ خَافٍ فِي مَكَامِنِهَا

وَالرَّحْمُ خَافٍ فِي مَكَامِنِهَا

An eye envied him upon contemplating it,

An eye envied him from its contemplation

while compassion lay hidden in its recesses.

While gentleness is dormant in its retreats

وَإِذَا امْرُؤٌ حَسُنَتْ مُرُوءَتُهُ

وَإِذَا امْرُؤٌ حَسُنَتْ مُرُوءَتُهُ

كَمَنَ التَّأَلُمُ فِي مَحَاسِنِهَا

كَمَنَ التَّأَلُمُ فِي مَحَاسِنِهَا

And when a man is noble in character,

And when a man of noble character

suffering lies hidden amid its fine qualities.

There is no pain in its virtues

فَمَحَا غَضَاضَةَ سُوءِ مَخْبَرِهَا

فَمَحَا غَضَاضَةَ سُوءِ مَخْبَرِهَا

حَمْدُ الحَسَادَةِ مِنْ مُعَايِنِهَا

حَمْدُ الحَسَادَةِ مِنْ مُعَايِنِهَا

So the shame of its poor inner state was erased

It wipes away the bitterness of its ill tidings

by envy's praise from its beholder.

The praise of jealousy from its insights