لَعَمرُ ضِياءِ الدينِ إِنّي لَمُظهِرُ

لَعَمرُ ضِياءِ الدينِ إِنّي لَمُظهِرُ

لَهُ كُلَّما قَد كُنتُ أُخفي وَأُظهِرُ

لَهُ كُلَّما قَد كُنتُ أُخفي وَأُظهِرُ

By the life of Diya al-Din, I shall surely reveal

For the light of faith, I declare

to him all that I used to conceal and reveal.

Every secret and openly confer

تُقَدّم أَقواماً عَلَينا وَإِنَّنا

تُقَدّم أَقواماً عَلَينا وَإِنَّنا

لَأَخلَقُ بِالتَقديمِ مِنهُم وَأَجدَرُ

لَأَخلَقُ بِالتَقديمِ مِنهُم وَأَجدَرُ

You give others precedence over us, although we

You favor some over us though we

are surely more deserving of precedence than they, and worthier.

Are more deserving of such preference

وَتَرفَعُ صِبياناً عَلَينا كَأَنَّهُم

وَتَرفَعُ صِبياناً عَلَينا كَأَنَّهُم

مَشايِخُ عِلمٍ في النَدِيِّ تَصَدَّروا

مَشايِخُ عِلمٍ في النَدِيِّ تَصَدَّروا

And you raise boys above us, as though they

You raise mere boys above us as if

were learned elders who had taken the foremost seats in the assembly.

They are wise elders leading in eminence

وَتَكسِرُ مِنّا أَنفُساً عَرَبِيَّةً

وَتَكسِرُ مِنّا أَنفُساً عَرَبِيَّةً

بَسالَتُها لَيسَت عَلى الضَيمِ تَصبِرُ

بَسالَتُها لَيسَت عَلى الضَيمِ تَصبِرُ

And you crush Arab souls among us,

You break the proud Arabic souls

whose valor will not endure humiliation.

Whose patience won't stand oppression

أَمِن بَقَرٍ بِالدَولَعِيَّةِ خِلتَنا

أَمِن بَقَرٍ بِالدَولَعِيَّةِ خِلتَنا

فَتُورِدُها أَنّى تَشاءُ وَتُصدِرُ

فَتُورِدُها أَنّى تَشاءُ وَتُصدِرُ

Did you take us for cattle at al-Dawlaʿiyya,

With cows from Al-Dawla you replace our clan

so you lead them to water wherever you wish, and drive them away?

Sending them wherever you desire and disburse

وَلَو أَنَّني يَمَّمتُ غَيرَكَ لَم يَكُن

وَلَو أَنَّني يَمَّمتُ غَيرَكَ لَم يَكُن

لَدَيهِ مُقامي هَكَذا حينَ أَحضُرُ

لَدَيهِ مُقامي هَكَذا حينَ أَحضُرُ

And had I turned to someone other than you, I would not have

Had I inclined to other than you, my place

such a standing with him when I appeared.

Would not be thus when I attend and converse

وَلا كانَ يَلقاني بِوَجهٍ مُقَطَّبٍ

وَلا كانَ يَلقاني بِوَجهٍ مُقَطَّبٍ

يَرُدُّ سَلامي خِفيَةً حينَ أَجهَرُ

يَرُدُّ سَلامي خِفيَةً حينَ أَجهَرُ

Nor would he meet me with a scowling face,

Nor would he meet me with a frown

returning my greeting quietly when I give it aloud.

Secretly returning my greetings when I rehearse

وَلَكِنَّ فَرطَ الوِدِّ نَحوَكَ قائِدي

وَلَكِنَّ فَرطَ الوِدِّ نَحوَكَ قائِدي

وَلَستُ اِمرَأً عَن وُدِّهِ يَتَغَيَّرُ

وَلَستُ اِمرَأً عَن وُدِّهِ يَتَغَيَّرُ

But my intense affection for you is my guide,

But my affection for you, my leader, is excessive

and I am not a man who turns away from his affection.

I'm no man to change his love or diverge

وَقَد قُلتُ وَالمَصدورُ لا شَكَّ نافِثٌ

وَقَد قُلتُ وَالمَصدورُ لا شَكَّ نافِثٌ

فَعُذراً خَلاكَ الذَمُّ وَالحُرُّ يَعذُرُ

فَعُذراً خَلاكَ الذَمُّ وَالحُرُّ يَعذُرُ

And I have spoken; one with an ailing chest will surely spit.

I have spoken and the utterance is undoubtedly foul

So pardon me—may blame pass you by; a noble man forgives.

So pardon me, for the criticized can excuse

لَئِن دامَ هَذا مِنكَ إِنّي لَظاعِنٌ

لَئِن دامَ هَذا مِنكَ إِنّي لَظاعِنٌ

وَكَم مِثلُها فارَقتُها وَهيَ تَصفِرُ

وَكَم مِثلُها فارَقتُها وَهيَ تَصفِرُ

Should this continue from you, I shall surely depart.

If this continues, I will rebel

And how many like it have I left behind while it whistled!

And how many like it I left as they whir

رُوَيدَكَ كَم هَذا التَّعَجرُفُ كُلُّهُ

رُوَيدَكَ كَم هَذا التَّعَجرُفُ كُلُّهُ

سَيَذهَبُ عَنكَ الحالُ وَاللَهُ أَكبَرُ

سَيَذهَبُ عَنكَ الحالُ وَاللَهُ أَكبَرُ

Easy now! What is all this arrogance?

Calm yourself, all this arrogance

Your present standing will leave you, and God is greater.

Will leave you and Allah is Greater