تَنَدَّمَ حُسّادي وَقالَ كَبيرُهُم

تَنَدَّمَ حُسّادي وَقالَ كَبيرُهُم

أَرَدنا بِخَيرِ الناسِ زَيغاً فَلَم يَزَغ

أَرَدنا بِخَيرِ الناسِ زَيغاً فَلَم يَزَغ

My enviers repented, and their chief said:

My enviers repented, and their leader declared,

“We sought to lead the best of men astray, but he did not stray.”

"We intended for the best of people to stray, yet he did not stray,

كَما بِدم الأَسباط إِذ سُرَّ يوسُفٌ

كَما بِدم الأَسباط إِذ سُرَّ يوسُفٌ

بِعاقِبَةِ النَزغِ الَّذي بَينَهُم يَزَغ

بِعاقِبَةِ النَزغِ الَّذي بَينَهُم يَزَغ

Just as the Tribes [repented], when Joseph was gladdened

Just as the Tribes regretted when Joseph was gladdened

By the outcome of the discord that [had stirred] among them.

By the outcome of the discord that had been sown between them."