أبَنِيَّ لا تَخشوَا عليَّ زمانِي

فلقد أمِنتُ طوارقَ الحَدثَان

My sons, do not worry for me,

For I have secured myself against the vicissitudes of fate.

وقصَدتُ رحبَ مَن هُو بالغِنى

حُرُّ الخلائقِ طَيِّبُ الأردان

And I have attained the shelter of the self-sufficient one,

Free and noble, sweet and gentle.

دمثُ السجايا في يَديهِ فَظاظةٌ

بالمالِ محبوبٌ إلى الضِّيفانِ

Though stern at times through wisdom and justice,

Yet beloved to both guest and friend through kindness and generosity.

من طِينةِ الإفضالِ كُوِّنَ شَخصُهُ

في سُكّر الإِنعام والإِحسان

Molded from the clay of favor,

In the sugar of benefaction and blessing.

فِثقُوا بأنّيَ قد ظَهَرتُ على الُمنى

وأخذتُ للأيّامِ عقدَ أمان

Have faith that I have attained what I wished for

And taken from fate a pledge of safety.

تِيهُوا وصولوا قادرين وأسرِفوا

وتديَّنُوا وثِقُوا بصِدقِ ضمَاني

Roam and arrive, O Able Ones, and be excessive

And be devout and trust my true guarantee.