وَمُسْتَهْجِنٍ مَدْحي لَهُ إن تَأَكَّدَتْ

وَمُسْتَهْجِنٍ مَدْحي لَهُ إن تَأَكَّدَتْ

لَنَا عُقَدُ الإِخْلاَص والحَقُّ يُمْدَحُ

لَنَا عُقَدُ الإِخْلاَص والحَقُّ يُمْدَحُ

And one finds my praise of him unseemly, if firmly established

And though he scorns my praise if you confirm it

Are the bonds of sincerity between us—yet truth is praised.

True loyalty binds us; truth deserves all praise

وَيَأْبَى الذي في القَلْبِ إلا تَبَيَتُنْاً

وَيَأْبَى الذي في القَلْبِ إلا تَبَيَتُنْاً

وكلُّ إِنَاءٍ بالذِي فِيْهِ يِرْشَحُ

وكلُّ إِنَاءٍ بالذِي فِيْهِ يِرْشَحُ

And what is in the heart insists on revealing itself,

The heart contains naught else, though in the dark concealed

And every vessel exudes what it contains.

Each vessel exudes what within it lies