رضِيتُ بعَيشٍ كَفافٍ حَلالٍ

رضِيتُ بعَيشٍ كَفافٍ حَلالٍ

وبِعْتُ المُدامَ بماءٍ زُلالِ

وبِعْتُ المُدامَ بماءٍ زُلالِ

I am content with a lawful life of simple sufficiency;

I am content with a lawful livelihood that suffices,

I traded wine for pure, limpid water.

And I have traded wine for pure water.

فَمنْ كانَ يحلُو لهُ ما يُصيِبُ

فَمنْ كانَ يحلُو لهُ ما يُصيِبُ

حَراماً فإنَّ حلالي حَلا لي

حَراماً فإنَّ حلالي حَلا لي

Whoever may relish whatever he gains

So if someone finds sweetness in what he gains

unlawfully—my lawful fare tastes sweet to me.

Unlawfully, then my lawful sustenance is sweet to me.