لَم تَمل بي عَن العفاف العقارُ

لَم تَمل بي عَن العفاف العقارُ

أَعشَق الغيد وَالوَقار وَقارُ

أَعشَق الغيد وَالوَقار وَقارُ

Wine has not swayed me from chastity.

The prudence did not weary me of chastity,

I love graceful maidens, yet dignity remains dignity.

I love dignity and composure.

أَنظُم الشعر ما حييت وَأَني

أَنظُم الشعر ما حييت وَأَني

لابن بَيت تَهدى لَهُ الأَشعارُ

لابن بَيت تَهدى لَهُ الأَشعارُ

I compose poetry as long as I live, and I

I compose poetry as long as I live,

am indeed a son of a house to which poems are offered.

For the son of a house to whom poems are gifted.

يَتَحلى بِيَ الزَمان تَحلى الغُص

يَتَحلى بِيَ الزَمان تَحلى الغُص

نِ لَما يَزينهُ النوّارُ

نِ لَما يَزينهُ النوّارُ

Time is adorned with me, as a branch is adorned

The times adorn themselves with me, like bracelets adorn a wrist,

when blossoms grace it.

For I have polished them with the gleam of lamps.

صَقَلتَني يَد التَجارُب حَتّى

صَقَلتَني يَد التَجارُب حَتّى

صَحَ عَزمي وَطابَ مِنهُ الغرارُ

صَحَ عَزمي وَطابَ مِنهُ الغرارُ

The hand of experience polished me until

The experiences have honed me, until

my resolve grew firm, and its cutting edge grew keen.

My determination became sound and the pride wholesome.

وَمَكاني مِن الفَخار مَكان

وَمَكاني مِن الفَخار مَكان

حَسدتهُ الشُموس وَالأَقمارُ

حَسدتهُ الشُموس وَالأَقمارُ

And my station in glory is a station

And my position among the pottery is a position,

that suns and moons have envied.

Envied by suns and moons.