أذل فيا حبذا من مدل

أذل فيا حبذا من مدل

ومن ظالم لدمي مستحل

ومن ظالم لدمي مستحل

I abase myself—oh, how dear is the one who abases me,

I am meek—what a delightful, proudly coy one,

and the tyrant who deems my blood lawful to shed!

And a tyrant who deems my blood lawful to shed!

إذا ما تعزز قابلته

إذا ما تعزز قابلته

بذل وذلك جهد المقل

بذل وذلك جهد المقل

Whenever he holds himself aloof, I meet him

Whenever he grows proud, I meet him

with submission—for that is the best a poor man can do.

With humility—and that is the utmost one of scant means can offer.