يا دَهْرُ صافيتَ اللِّئامَ مُساعِدا

يا دَهْرُ صافيتَ اللِّئامَ مُساعِدا

لهُمُ وجانَبْتَ الكِرامَ مُعانِدا

لهُمُ وجانَبْتَ الكِرامَ مُعانِدا

O Time, you have befriended the base, lending aid

O Fate, you have aided the ignoble

to them, and shunned the noble in hostility.

And opposed the noble stubbornly.

فغَدَوْتَ كالميزانِ يَرْفَعُ ناقِصاً

فغَدَوْتَ كالميزانِ يَرْفَعُ ناقِصاً

فينا ويَخْفِضُ لا محالةَ زائدا

فينا ويَخْفِضُ لا محالةَ زائدا

So you have become like a balance, raising the lesser

You have become like a scale that lifts the deficient among us

among us and inevitably lowering the greater.

And inevitably lowers the excessive.