أَنوحَ بنَ عَمروٍ إِنَّ ما حُمَّ واقِعٌ

أَنوحَ بنَ عَمروٍ إِنَّ ما حُمَّ واقِعٌ

وَلِلأَجنُبِ المُستَعلَياتِ مَصارِعُ

وَلِلأَجنُبِ المُستَعلَياتِ مَصارِعُ

O Nūḥ, son of ʿAmr, what is decreed will surely come to pass.

An-Nuh, son of 'Amr, lo! what happened shall surely come to pass

And lofty flanks have their places of downfall.

And the foreigner shall taste the calamities of war.

أَلَم يُختَرَم عَمرٌو وَعَمرٌو فَوَدَّعا

أَلَم يُختَرَم عَمرٌو وَعَمرٌو فَوَدَّعا

وَلاقى الحُوَيّانِ المَنايا وَماتِعُ

وَلاقى الحُوَيّانِ المَنايا وَماتِعُ

Did not ʿAmr and ʿAmr perish, and so bid farewell?

Did not 'Amr die, and 'Amr depart to bid farewell?

And the two Ḥuwayys met their deaths, as did Mātiʿ.

And did not Al-Huwayyan meet death, and perish?

فَصَبراً فَفي الصَبرِ الجَلالَةُ وَالتُقى

فَصَبراً فَفي الصَبرِ الجَلالَةُ وَالتُقى

وَلا إِثمَ إِن خُبِّرتُ أَنَّكَ جازِعُ

وَلا إِثمَ إِن خُبِّرتُ أَنَّكَ جازِعُ

So be patient, for in patience lie dignity and piety.

So patience, patience! In patience is glory and piety,

And there is no sin if I am told that you are distraught.

And no sin if thou art told: thou art fearful.

فَقَد يَأجُرُ اللَهُ الفَتى وَهوَ كارِهٌ

فَقَد يَأجُرُ اللَهُ الفَتى وَهوَ كارِهٌ

وَما الأَجرُ إِلّا أَجرُهُ وَهوَ طائِعُ

وَما الأَجرُ إِلّا أَجرُهُ وَهوَ طائِعُ

For God may reward a young man even when he is unwilling.

For maybe God will reward the youth though he be averse,

Yet true reward is the reward he receives when willingly obedient.

And reward is only His reward, whether thou art obedient or not.