تبارك الله من حرفي ومن نكدي

تبارك الله من حرفي ومن نكدي

ونقص حظي وإدباري وخلاني

ونقص حظي وإدباري وخلاني

Blessed be God for my ill luck and my misery,

Blessed is Allah from my words and my troubles

and for my scant fortune, my reverses, and my close friends!

And the lack of my fortune and my adversity and leaving me

ما ضاق صدري بضدّ كنت أبغضهُ

ما ضاق صدري بضدّ كنت أبغضهُ

إلا وصار قذى لي بين أجفاني

إلا وصار قذى لي بين أجفاني

Never did my breast grow tight at a foe I hated

My chest was not distressed by any enemy I hated

without his becoming a mote between my eyelids.

Except it became a mote in my eyes

اروغ عن كل ضدّ لي يخالفني

اروغ عن كل ضدّ لي يخالفني

جهدي ويتبعني في كل أوطاني

جهدي ويتبعني في كل أوطاني

I evade every foe of mine who opposes me,

I turn away from every enemy opposing me

with all my might, yet he follows me wherever I dwell.

My effort and following me in every homeland

فصرت قسرا ألاقي من يباغضني

فصرت قسرا ألاقي من يباغضني

بما ألاقي به أهلي وإخواني

بما ألاقي به أهلي وإخواني

So I am now forced to greet those who hate me

So I was forced to find those who hate me

as I greet my family and my brothers.

With what I find with my family and brothers