أَغَرَّكَ أَنّي صِرتُ في زِيِّ مِسكينِ

أَغَرَّكَ أَنّي صِرتُ في زِيِّ مِسكينِ

وَصِرتَ إِذِ استَغنَيتَ عَنّي تُنَحّيني

وَصِرتَ إِذِ استَغنَيتَ عَنّي تُنَحّيني

Has it misled you that I have come to wear a poor man's garb?

Did it make you arrogant that I became dressed in the garb of a pauper

And when you no longer needed me, you began to push me aside.

While you, when you became self-sufficient, pushed me away?

تَباعَدتُ إِذ باعَدتَني وَاطَّرَحتَني

تَباعَدتُ إِذ باعَدتَني وَاطَّرَحتَني

وَكُنتُ قَريبَ الدارِ إِذ كُنتَ تَبغيني

وَكُنتُ قَريبَ الدارِ إِذ كُنتَ تَبغيني

I withdrew when you drove me away and cast me aside,

I retreated when you distanced me, and you discarded me,

and my home was near when you used to seek me.

Yet I had been a neighbor when you wanted me.

فَإِن كُنتَ لا تَصفو صَبَرتُ عَلى القَذى

فَإِن كُنتَ لا تَصفو صَبَرتُ عَلى القَذى

وَغَمَّضتُ عَيني مِن قَذاكَ إِلى حينِ

وَغَمَّضتُ عَيني مِن قَذاكَ إِلى حينِ

So if you are not sincere, I have borne the grit,

So if you are not just, I have patience for grit,

and closed my eye against your grit for a time.

And I closed my eyes to your hurt for a time.

وَحَسَّنتُ أَو قَبَّحتُ كَيما تَلينَ لي

وَحَسَّنتُ أَو قَبَّحتُ كَيما تَلينَ لي

فَحَسَّنتَ تَقبيحي وَقَبَّحتَ تَحسيني

فَحَسَّنتَ تَقبيحي وَقَبَّحتَ تَحسيني

And I praised or censured, so that you might soften toward me;

I made good or evil however you might yield to me,

yet you praised my censure and censured my praise.

Yet you made my evil good and my good evil.

رَضيتُ بِإِقلالي فَعِش أَنتَ موسِراً

رَضيتُ بِإِقلالي فَعِش أَنتَ موسِراً

فَإِنَّ قَليلي عَن كَثيرَكَ يَكفيني

فَإِنَّ قَليلي عَن كَثيرَكَ يَكفيني

I am content with my scant means; live in affluence yourself,

I was content with my poverty: you live wealthy!

for my little suffices me without your abundance.

For my little suffices me from your abundance.

وَبَعدُ فَلا يَذهَب بِكَ التيهُ في الغِنى

وَبَعدُ فَلا يَذهَب بِكَ التيهُ في الغِنى

لَعَلَّ الَّذي أَغناكَ عَنّي سَيُغنيني

لَعَلَّ الَّذي أَغناكَ عَنّي سَيُغنيني

And furthermore, do not let pride in wealth carry you away;

And after, do not be led astray by wealth,

perhaps He who made you independent of me will enrich me.

Perhaps He who enriched you beyond me will enrich me.

وَما العِزُّ إِلّا عِزُّ مَن عَزَّ بِالتُقى

وَما العِزُّ إِلّا عِزُّ مَن عَزَّ بِالتُقى

وَما الفَضلُ إِلّا فَضلُ ذي الفَضلِ وَالدينِ

وَما الفَضلُ إِلّا فَضلُ ذي الفَضلِ وَالدينِ

And there is no honor but the honor of one exalted by piety,

True honor is only the honor of one honored through piety,

and there is no merit but the merit of one with virtue and faith.

True merit is only the merit of one meriting through religion.

وَفي اللَهِ ما أَغنى وَفي اللَهِ ما كَفى

وَفي اللَهِ ما أَغنى وَفي اللَهِ ما كَفى

وَفي الصَبرِ عَمّا فاتَني ما يُسَلّيني

وَفي الصَبرِ عَمّا فاتَني ما يُسَلّيني

And in God is what enriches, and in God is what suffices;

In God is that which enriches; in God is that which suffices.

and in patience over what has passed me by is what consoles me.

In patience over what eluded me is that which consoles me.

وَعِندي مِنَ التَسليمِ لِلَّهِ وَالرِضى

وَعِندي مِنَ التَسليمِ لِلَّهِ وَالرِضى

إِذا عَرَضَ المَكروهُ لي ما يُعَزّيني

إِذا عَرَضَ المَكروهُ لي ما يُعَزّيني

And I have, in submission to God and contentment,

In my resignation to God and acceptance,

when adversity befalls me, that which comforts me.

When misfortune befalls me, is that which cheers me.

وَحَسبي فَإِنّي لا أُريدُ لِصاحِبٍ

وَحَسبي فَإِنّي لا أُريدُ لِصاحِبٍ

قَبيحاً وَلا أُعنى بِما لَيسَ يَعنيني

قَبيحاً وَلا أُعنى بِما لَيسَ يَعنيني

And that is enough for me, for I wish no friend

It suffices me, for I do not want for a companion

anything evil, nor concern myself with what does not concern me.

Anything ugly, nor care for what does not concern me.

وَإِنّي أَرى أَن لا أُنافِسَ ظالِماً

وَإِنّي أَرى أَن لا أُنافِسَ ظالِماً

وَأُرضي بِكُلِّ الحَقِّ مَن لَيسَ يُرضيني

وَأُرضي بِكُلِّ الحَقِّ مَن لَيسَ يُرضيني

And I hold that I should not vie with a wrongdoer,

I see that I should not vie with an unjust person,

and I please, by giving him his full due, one who does not please me.

And I am pleased with all truth from one who does not please me.