سَأكفيكَ ما عندي فَقُلْ لابن عَامِرٍ

سَأكفيكَ ما عندي فَقُلْ لابن عَامِرٍ

وصاحِبِ مصرٍ يَكفيانِ الذي أَكْفي

وصاحِبِ مصرٍ يَكفيانِ الذي أَكْفي

I will handle for you what is in my charge; so tell Ibn ʿĀmir

I will suffice you with what I have, so say to Ibn Aamir

and Egypt’s ruler: let them both handle what I handle.

And the companion of Egypt, they will suffice what I suffice

وإلاّ فإنّي والذي أنا عبده

وإلاّ فإنّي والذي أنا عبده

مَليءٌ بضبطي ما أمامِي وَمَا خَلْفي

مَليءٌ بضبطي ما أمامِي وَمَا خَلْفي

Otherwise, I—by Him whose servant I am—

And if not, then I, by the One whom I worship,

am fully able to control what lies before me and what lies behind me.

Am full with my composure before me and behind me

ولَسْتُ بذي وجهينِ ألقاك بالذي

ولَسْتُ بذي وجهينِ ألقاك بالذي

تريدُ ويُخْفِي في السَّريرهِ ما يُخْفي

تريدُ ويُخْفِي في السَّريرهِ ما يُخْفي

Nor am I a two-faced man who meets you with what

And I am not two-faced, I will meet you with what

you want, yet hides in his heart what he hides.

You want, and conceal in privacy what is concealed

لأنّي إذا عِرضي لكَ اليومَ دونَهمْ

لأنّي إذا عِرضي لكَ اليومَ دونَهمْ

وحَتْفُكَ فيما يَنْتِجُونَ به حَتْفَي

وحَتْفُكَ فيما يَنْتِجُونَ به حَتْفَي

For then my honor today is yours, not theirs,

Because if today my honor is attacked without them

and your death lies in what they use to bring about mine.

And your downfall is in what they produce, so is mine