إِن كانَ لي ذَنبٌ فَلي حُرمَةٌ

إِن كانَ لي ذَنبٌ فَلي حُرمَةٌ

وَالحَقُّ لا يَدفَعُهُ الباطِلُ

وَالحَقُّ لا يَدفَعُهُ الباطِلُ

If I have a fault, I still have a claim to respect;

If I have sinned, I still have dignity

And falsehood cannot overturn the truth.

And truth cannot be dispelled by falsehood

وَحُرمَتي أَعظَمُ مِن زَلَّتي

وَحُرمَتي أَعظَمُ مِن زَلَّتي

لَو نالَني مِن عَدلِكُم نائِلُ

لَو نالَني مِن عَدلِكُم نائِلُ

And my claim to respect outweighs my lapse,

My dignity is greater than my misstep

if some favor from your justice were to reach me.

If I were to attain justice from you all

وَلي حُقوقٌ غَيرُ مَجهولَةٍ

وَلي حُقوقٌ غَيرُ مَجهولَةٍ

يَعرِفُها العاقِلُ وَالجاهِلُ

يَعرِفُها العاقِلُ وَالجاهِلُ

And I have rights that are not unknown;

I have rights that are not unknown

The wise and the ignorant know them.

The wise and the ignorant both know them

وَكُلُّ إِنسانٍ لَهُ مَذهَبٌ

وَكُلُّ إِنسانٍ لَهُ مَذهَبٌ

وَأَهلُ ما يَفعَلُهُ الفاعِلُ

وَأَهلُ ما يَفعَلُهُ الفاعِلُ

And every person has a way;

Every person has a doctrine

And the doer is worthy of what he does.

And people bear what the doer does

وَسيرَةُ الأَملاكِ مَنقولَةٌ

وَسيرَةُ الأَملاكِ مَنقولَةٌ

لا جائِرٌ يَخفى وَلا عادِلُ

لا جائِرٌ يَخفى وَلا عادِلُ

And the conduct of kings is recounted:

The conduct of rulers is recorded

Neither an unjust ruler nor a just one remains hidden.

No unjust or just ruler can hide

وَقَد تَعَجَّلتَ الَّذي خِفتُهُ

وَقَد تَعَجَّلتَ الَّذي خِفتُهُ

مِنكَ وَلَم يَأتِ الَّذي آمُلُ

مِنكَ وَلَم يَأتِ الَّذي آمُلُ

And you have hastened what I feared

You rushed what I feared from you

from you, while what I hope for has not come.

And what I hoped did not come