خُلِقْتُ عَزُوفَ النَّفْسِ لَيْسَ بِمُجْتَنٍ

خُلِقْتُ عَزُوفَ النَّفْسِ لَيْسَ بِمُجْتَنٍ

سِوَى غَرْسِ إِعْزَازٍ فَأَخْرَقَ دَيْدَنِي

سِوَى غَرْسِ إِعْزَازٍ فَأَخْرَقَ دَيْدَنِي

I was created aloof in spirit, gathering nothing

I was created with a dignified soul, gathering no harvest

But what honor plants; thus my way is foolhardy.

Save the seeds of honor, rendering my worldly habits inept.

أكُفُّ أَكُفِّي عَنْ تِلاَدِي تَقَذُّراً

أكُفُّ أَكُفِّي عَنْ تِلاَدِي تَقَذُّراً

لَهُ إِنْ دَنَتْ مِنْهُ أَكُفُّ يَدَيْ دَنِي

لَهُ إِنْ دَنَتْ مِنْهُ أَكُفُّ يَدَيْ دَنِي

I keep my palms from my inherited wealth, in disgust

I withhold my hands from my own wealth in pure disgust,

At it, if the palms of a base man's two hands draw near it.

Should the palms of a base man ever draw near to it.