إِذا كُنتَ مَظلوماً فَلا تُلفَ راضِياً

إِذا كُنتَ مَظلوماً فَلا تُلفَ راضِياً

عَنِ القَومِ حَتّى تَأَخُذَ النِصفَ واِغضبِ

عَنِ القَومِ حَتّى تَأَخُذَ النِصفَ واِغضبِ

If you are wronged, do not be found content

If you are wronged, do not be satisfied

with the people until you obtain your due; be angry.

With the people until you take half, and get angry.

وَإِن كُنتَ أَنتَ الظالِمَ القَومَ فاِطَّرِح

وَإِن كُنتَ أَنتَ الظالِمَ القَومَ فاِطَّرِح

مَقالَتَهُم واِشغَب بِهِم كُلَّ مَشغَبِ

مَقالَتَهُم واِشغَب بِهِم كُلَّ مَشغَبِ

And if you yourself are wronging the people, cast aside

And if you are the wrongdoer of the people, reject

their words, and stir up every kind of trouble against them.

Their words, and make every kind of mischief with them.

وَقارِب بِذي جَهلٍ وَباعِد بِعالِمٍ

وَقارِب بِذي جَهلٍ وَباعِد بِعالِمٍ

جَلوبٍ عَلَيكَ الحَقَّ مِن كُلِّ مَجلَبِ

جَلوبٍ عَلَيكَ الحَقَّ مِن كُلِّ مَجلَبِ

And draw close to an ignorant man, and keep far from a learned one,

Befriend the ignorant, and avoid the scholar,

who brings the truth against you from every quarter.

Truth is burdensome to you from every burdened one.

فَإِن حَدِبوا فاقعَس وَإِن هُم تَقاعَسوا

فَإِن حَدِبوا فاقعَس وَإِن هُم تَقاعَسوا

ليَستَمكِنوا مِمّا وَراءَكَ فاحدَبِ

ليَستَمكِنوا مِمّا وَراءَكَ فاحدَبِ

So if they bend forward, lean back; and if they hang back

If they are crooked, then be lame, and if they slacken,

to gain control of what lies behind you, then bend forward.

So they feel safe from what is behind you, then be humpbacked.

وَلا تَدعوني لِلجَورِ واِصبِر عَلى الَّتي

وَلا تَدعوني لِلجَورِ واِصبِر عَلى الَّتي

بِها كُنتُ أَقضي لِلبَعيدِ عَلى أَبي

بِها كُنتُ أَقضي لِلبَعيدِ عَلى أَبي

And do not call me to injustice; patiently accept the rule

And do not call me to injustice, and be patient with that

by which I would judge for a stranger against my father.

With which I was judging for the distant one over my father.

فَإِنّي امرءٌ أَخشى إِلَهي وَأَتَّقي

فَإِنّي امرءٌ أَخشى إِلَهي وَأَتَّقي

مَعادي وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما لَم تُجَرِّبِ

مَعادي وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما لَم تُجَرِّبِ

For I am a man who fears my God and is wary of

For I am a man who fears his God and fears

my final return; and I have indeed experienced what you have not.

His threats, and I have experienced what you have not experienced.