سألزم بيتي قانعا بمعيشتي

رفيقا لكتبي قابسا بعض نورها

I will settle in my home, content with my livelihood,

I shall cleave to my home, content with my livelihood,

A companion to my books, drawing on their light.

A companion to my books, kindling a flame from their light,

وأخرج من بيتي لتعليم فتية

بمدرسة آوتهم في حجورها

And I will go out from my home to teach the youths,

And I go forth from my house to instruct the youth

Sheltering them in a school nestled in my care.

In a school that has sheltered them within its embrace.

فإن أثمر التعليم فيهم ثماره

فذاك منى نفسي وأقصى سرورها

If education bears fruit in them,

If then the teaching bears its fruit among them,

That will be the greatest joy my soul can know.

That is my soul's desire and its utmost joy.

وإن تكن الأخرى فحسبي غنيمة

براءة نفسي واحتساب أجورها

And if not, my reward is the integrity

But if it proves otherwise, then sufficient prize for me

Of my soul and the merit earned for the attempt.

Is my soul's clear conscience and the reckoning of its reward.