إِنif كانَhas غَيَّرَكَchanged you الإِثراءُwealth وَالنِعَمُand blessings
إِن كانَ غَيَّرَكَ الإِثراءُ وَالنِعَمُ
فَلَنthen will not يُغَيِّرَنيchange me عَنaway from مَحتَديmy noble lineage العَدَمُpoverty
فَلَن يُغَيِّرَني عَن مَحتَدي العَدَمُ
If wealth and blessings have changed you,
If wealth and comfort changed you,
Poverty will never turn me from my noble lineage.
I will not be changed from defying annihilation.
إِذاwhen أَناخَbrought down عَلَيَّupon me الدَهرُTime كَلكَلَهُits breast
إِذا أَناخَ عَلَيَّ الدَهرُ كَلكَلَهُ
قَراهُoffered it hospitality صَبراًpatience وَعَزماًand resolve مِنِّيَfrom me الكَرَمُnobility
قَراهُ صَبراً وَعَزماً مِنِّيَ الكَرَمُ
When Time settles its breast upon me,
If the days pour calamities upon me,
The nobility in me serves it patience and resolve.
I will face them with patience and resolve.
فَإِنand if عَلَتنِيَrose over me مِنfrom أَزمانِهِits days ظُلَمٌdarkness
فَإِن عَلَتنِيَ مِن أَزمانِهِ ظُلَمٌ
صَبَرتُI held steadfast نَفسِيَmy soul حَتّىuntil تُكشَفَis dispelled الظُلَمُthe darkness
صَبَرتُ نَفسِيَ حَتّى تُكشَفَ الظُلَمُ
And if darkness from its days rises over me,
If oppression darkens my time,
I keep my soul steadfast until the darkness is dispelled.
I will endure until the darkness lifts.
فَكُلُّthus all هَذاthis مَنَحتُI bestowed الحادِثاتِcalamities بِهِwith it
فَكُلُّ هَذا مَنَحتُ الحادِثاتِ بِهِ
إِنّيindeed I اِمرُؤٌa man لَيسَdoes not تَرضىaccept الضَيمَhumiliation ليfor me الهِمَمُaspirations
إِنّي اِمرُؤٌ لَيسَ تَرضى الضَيمَ لي الهِمَمُ
Thus I have bestowed all this upon calamities;
All this I have granted events,
I am a man whose aspirations will not tolerate humiliation.
For I am a man who accepts no injustice, my spirit is resolute.