آمَنتُ بِاللَهِ وَأَيقَنتُ

وَاللَهُ حَسبي حَيثُما كُنتُ

I have believed in God and become certain,

And God is enough for me wherever I may be.

كَم مِن أَخٍ لي خانَني وُدُّهُ

وَلا تَبَدَّلتُ وَلا خُنتُ

How many a brother whose love has betrayed me,

Yet I have not changed nor been disloyal.

الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ عَلى صُنعِهِ

إِنّي إِذا عَزَّ أَخي هُنتُ

Praise be to God for His making;

When my brother prospers, I rejoice.

ما أَعجَبَ الدُنيا وَتَصريفَها

كَم لَوَّنَتني فَتَلَوَّنتُ

How wondrous is this world and its changes!

How it has colored me as I conform!

لِلبَينِ يَومٌ أَنا رَهنٌ بِهِ

لَو قَد دَنا يَومي لَقَد بِنتُ

For the distant one I yearn for a day I'm pledged to.

If my day drew near, I would surely have built.

ما أَنا إِلّا خائِضٌ في مُنىً

قَبَّحتُها طَوراً وَحَسَّنتُ

I am but swimming in wishes,

Now despising them, now finding them fair.

يا عَجَباً مِنّي وَما اِختَرتُ مِن

شَكّي عَلى ما قَد تَيَقَّنتُ

Wondrous am I, having chosen among my doubts

To complain of what I have become certain of.

يا رَبَّ أَمرٍ زَلَّ عَنّي إِذا

ما قُلتُ إِنّي قَد تَمَكَّنتُ

O Lord, a slip I made when I said

That I had become well established.

وَالدَهرُ لا تَفنى أَعاجيبُهُ

إِن أَنا لِلدَهرِ تَفَطَّنتُ

And time will not run out of wonders,

If I for timesharpened my wits.