ما كرَّم اللّه بني آدمٍ

ما كرَّم اللّه بني آدمٍ

إذ كان أمْسى منهمُ خالدُ

إذ كان أمْسى منهمُ خالدُ

God did not honor the children of Adam,

God did not honor the children of Adam

since Khalid had become one of them.

When the lowliest of them became eternal.

واللّه لو أنَّهم خُلِّدوا

واللّه لو أنَّهم خُلِّدوا

حتى يبيد الأبد الآبدُ

حتى يبيد الأبد الآبدُ

By God, if they were made immortal,

By God, even if they were made eternal

until everlasting eternity itself perished,

Until the endless eternity passed away,

وسُخِّرَ البرُّ لهمْ مركَباً

وسُخِّرَ البرُّ لهمْ مركَباً

والبحرُ أنَّى قصد القاصِدُ

والبحرُ أنَّى قصد القاصِدُ

and the land were made a conveyance for them,

And good deeds were made their vehicle

and the sea, wherever the traveler set his course,

And the sea wherever the traveler went,

ودوَّخُوا الجنَّ فدانتْ لهمْ

ودوَّخُوا الجنَّ فدانتْ لهمْ

وأذعن العِفْريتُ والماردُ

وأذعن العِفْريتُ والماردُ

and they subdued the jinn, who then submitted to them,

And they subdued the jinn who then obeyed them

and the ifrit and the marid yielded,

And the defiant and rebellious submitted,

وأصبح الدهرُ حفيّاً بهم

وأصبح الدهرُ حفيّاً بهم

كأنه من برِّه والدُ

كأنه من برِّه والدُ

and Time became solicitous toward them,

And time became their retainer

as though, in his kindness, he were a father,

As though it was his child and birth,

واستوت الأقدار في خُطَّةٍ

واستوت الأقدار في خُطَّةٍ

فليس محسودٌ ولا حاسدُ

فليس محسودٌ ولا حاسدُ

and fortunes stood on an equal footing,

And destinies became equal in distribution

so no one was envied and no one was envious,

So none envied or were envious,

ولم يكن داءٌ ولا عاهةٌ

ولم يكن داءٌ ولا عاهةٌ

فالعيش صافٍ شرْبُهُ بارِدُ

فالعيش صافٍ شرْبُهُ بارِدُ

and there were neither disease nor infirmity,

And there was no illness or disability

so life was clear, its draught cool,

And life was pure its drinking cool,

ودامت الدنيا لهم غضّةً

ودامت الدنيا لهم غضّةً

كأنها جارية ناهدُ

كأنها جارية ناهدُ

and the world remained fresh for them,

And the world remained ever verdant for them

like a maiden with budding breasts,

As though it was a compliant maiden,

ما كُلِّفوا الشكر وقد ضمهم

ما كُلِّفوا الشكر وقد ضمهم

وخالدُ اللْؤمِ أبٌ واحدُ

وخالدُ اللْؤمِ أبٌ واحدُ

they would owe no thanks, for they were united

They were not burdened with gratitude though it embraced them,

with vile Khalid by a single father.

And the wretched ingrate was but one.