1. بَيني وَبَينَكَ ما لَو شِئتَ لَم يَضِعِ

    سِرٌّ إِذا ذاعَتِ الأَسرارُ لَم يَذِعِ

    Between me and you is something that, had you wished, would not have been lost:

    A secret that, when secrets are revealed, remains unrevealed.

  2. يا بائِعاً حَظَّهُ مِنّي وَلَو بُذِلَت

    لِيَ الحَياةُ بِحَظّي مِنهُ لَم أَبِعِ

    O you who sell your share of me—even were

    Life offered to me for my share of him, I would not sell.

  3. يَكفيكَ أَنَّكَ إِن حَمَّلتَ قَلبِيَ ما

    لَم تَستَطِعهُ قُلوبُ الناسِ يَستَطِعِ

    It is enough for you that, if you burden my heart with what

    People's hearts cannot bear, it can bear it.

  4. تِه أَحتَمِل وَاِستَطِل أَصبُر وَعِزَّ أَهُن

    وَوَلِّ أُقبِل وَقُل أَسمَع وَمُر أَطِعِ

    Be haughty—I will endure; be overbearing—I will be patient; be exalted—I will be abased.

    And turn away—I will approach; speak—I will listen; command—I will obey.