حَسبُكَ يا دَهرُ أنَّني رَجُلٌ

حَسبُكَ يا دَهرُ أنَّني رَجُلٌ

قاسَيتُ في ذا المُصابِ أَهوالا

قاسَيتُ في ذا المُصابِ أَهوالا

It is enough for you, O Fate, that I am a man—

Let it suffice you, O Time, that I am a man

O fate, you think that I'm just a man

It suffices you, O Time, that I am a man

I have endured horrors in this calamity.

who has endured horrors in this calamity.

Who has endured the greatest of calamities unmoved

Who has endured, in this calamity, horrors.

لَو قالَ عَبدُ الغَنِيِّ مُت أَسَفاً

لَو قالَ عَبدُ الغَنِيِّ مُت أَسَفاً

لَقُلتُ إيهِ وَلَستُ أَهوى لا

لَقُلتُ إيهِ وَلَستُ أَهوى لا

Had ʿAbd al-Ghani said, “Die of grief,”

If ʿAbd al-Ghanī said, 'Die of grief,'

Were the richest slave to die in sorrow

Had Abd al-Ghani said: "Die of sorrow,"

I would have said, “Yes”—for I have no love of “no.”

I would say, 'Go on!'—and I have no love for 'No.'

I'd say "serves him right!" For I feel no pity

I would have answered "Yes," for I do not desire "No."