يا آمِري بِالذُلِّ لِلمُرتَمي

يا آمِري بِالذُلِّ لِلمُرتَمي

في غَرَضِ الوَعدِ بِسَهمِ المِطال

في غَرَضِ الوَعدِ بِسَهمِ المِطال

O you who bid me abase myself before one who shoots

O you who order me to bow in humiliation

at the target of promise with the arrow of delay:

To attain the promise of your arrow's aim

لا تَطلُبَن مِنّي سُؤالاً لَهُ

لا تَطلُبَن مِنّي سُؤالاً لَهُ

أَخافُ أَن أُضجِرَهُ بِالسُؤال

أَخافُ أَن أُضجِرَهُ بِالسُؤال

Do not ask me to petition him;

Do not ask anything more from me

I fear I may vex him by asking.

I fear to trouble it with a question

فَقَد تَأَدَّبتُ بِقَولِ الوَرى

فَقَد تَأَدَّبتُ بِقَولِ الوَرى

ما يَنفَعُ الكِبدَ يَضُرُّ الطِحال

ما يَنفَعُ الكِبدَ يَضُرُّ الطِحال

For I have learned a lesson from people's saying:

For I have learned the saying of mankind

What benefits the liver harms the spleen.

What profits the liver injures the spleen