لَوْلا ثَلاثٌ هُنَّ أَقْصَى الْمُنى

ما كَانَ طُولُ العُمْرِ منْ قَصْدِي

Were it not for three things that are my utmost desire

My life would not have been so long in goodly measure

نَشْرُ تَصانِيفِي لِنَفْعِ الوَرَى

بما حَوَتْ مِنْ خالِصِ الرُّشْدِ

To spread my works for the benefit of mankind

Containing wisdom purely defined

وكَفُّ عُدْوانِ امْرِىءٍ ظالِمٍ

أَنْحى عَلَى مُسْتَضْعَفِ الجَدِّ

To stop the oppression of the unjust aggressor

Who attacks the rights of the helpless lesser

وَبَسْطُ عَدْلٍ في جَميعِ الوَرَى

ماضٍ بِلا دَفْعٍ ولا رَدِّ

To establish justice in every corner of earth

Unfailing, unopposed since the day of my birth

فإنْ أَنَلْ هَذَا فَمِنْ فَضْلِ مَنْ

يُعطي بلا حَدٍّ ولا عَدِّ

And if I attain these, it's by the grace of the One

Who gives without limit or sum