لَعَمري لَقَد نِلتُ الَّذي كُنتُ أَرتَجي

لَعَمري لَقَد نِلتُ الَّذي كُنتُ أَرتَجي

وَأَصبَحتُ لا أَخشى الَّذي كُنتُ أَحذَرُ

وَأَصبَحتُ لا أَخشى الَّذي كُنتُ أَحذَرُ

By my life, I have indeed attained what I hoped for.

By my life! I have attained what I hoped for

And now I do not fear what I used to dread.

And I have become one who no more fears what he did guard against

فَلَيسَ كَمِثلي اليَومَ كِسرى وَهُرمُزٌ

فَلَيسَ كَمِثلي اليَومَ كِسرى وَهُرمُزٌ

وَلا المَلِكُ النُعمانُ مِثلي وَقَيصَرُ

وَلا المَلِكُ النُعمانُ مِثلي وَقَيصَرُ

For neither Kisra nor Hormuz is my equal today.

So none today is like myself, neither Chosroes nor Hormuz,

Nor is King al-Nu'man my equal, nor Caesar.

Nor the King of Nu'man, nor even Caesar!