يا مُستقرَّ العار والنقصِ

يا مُستقرَّ العار والنقصِ

أغنتْ مخازيك عن الفحصِ

أغنتْ مخازيك عن الفحصِ

O abode of shame and deficiency!

O you who settled in disgrace and defect

Your disgraces have dispensed with scrutiny.

Your sins have made you exempt from scrutiny

أنت الذي ليست لسوآتِه

أنت الذي ليست لسوآتِه

ولا لنُعْمى اللَه من مُحصي

ولا لنُعْمى اللَه من مُحصي

You are the one whose shameful deeds cannot be counted,

You are the one whose wrongdoings

nor can the blessings of God.

And God's blessings have no counter

لولا أبو الغوث عميدُ العلا

لولا أبو الغوث عميدُ العلا

والماجد الحر أبو حفص

والماجد الحر أبو حفص

Were it not for Abu al-Ghawth, pillar of eminence,

Were it not for the great savior, leader of the sublime

and the noble, freeborn Abu Hafs,

And the glorious free man, Abu Hafs

جاءك عني منطقٌ مُمرِضٌ

جاءك عني منطقٌ مُمرِضٌ

أدْبَغُ للجلد من العَفْص

أدْبَغُ للجلد من العَفْص

sickening speech from me would have reached you,

You would have received from me a sickening rhetoric

more potent at tanning the skin than gallnuts.

That tans the skin away from the flesh

إني وإن غُيبتُ عن طيِّئٍ

إني وإن غُيبتُ عن طيِّئٍ

أهل العلا والمجد والقَبْص

أهل العلا والمجد والقَبْص

I, though kept away from Tayy—

Though I was absent from Tayy

people of eminence, glory, and abundance—

The people of glory, honor, and firmness

لواجدٌ فيك بلا فِريةٍ

لواجدٌ فيك بلا فِريةٍ

مشاتماً تُغني عن النصِّ

مشاتماً تُغني عن النصِّ

surely find in you, without fabrication,

I found in you, without a doubt

grounds for insult that need no spelling out.

Insults that make scrutiny needless

معايبُ الناس وسوآتُهُم

معايبُ الناس وسوآتُهُم

قد جُمعت لي منك في شخص

قد جُمعت لي منك في شخص

People's faults and their shameful deeds

People's flaws and wrongdoings

have been gathered for me in you, a single person.

Have been collected by me in you as one person