إِنّي عَجِزتُ عَجزَةً لا أَعتَذِر

إِنّي عَجِزتُ عَجزَةً لا أَعتَذِر

سَوفَ أَكيسُ بَعدَها وَاَستَمِر

سَوفَ أَكيسُ بَعدَها وَاَستَمِر

Indeed, I have faltered once; I offer no excuse.

I have failed, and fail without excuse;

I have faltered with a failure for which I offer no excuse,

I shall act shrewdly afterward and press on.

afterwards binding up my wounds I shall go on.

Hereafter, I shall grow astute and persevere,

أَرفَعُ مِن ذَيلِيَ ما كُنتَ أَجُر

أَرفَعُ مِن ذَيلِيَ ما كُنتَ أَجُر

وَأَجمَعُ الأَمرَ الشَتيتَ المُنتَشِر

وَأَجمَعُ الأَمرَ الشَتيتَ المُنتَشِر

I lift from my hem what I used to drag.

I shall roll up what I once let trail in the dust,

I lift the trailing hem I once allowed to drag,

And gather together the scattered, dispersed affairs.

and unfurl the banner waving in the wind.

And gather my affairs, now scattered and dispersed,

إِن لَم يُباغتني العَجولُ المُنتَصِر

إِن لَم يُباغتني العَجولُ المُنتَصِر

أَو تَترُكوني وَالسِلاحُ يَبتَدِر

أَو تَترُكوني وَالسِلاحُ يَبتَدِر

If the hasty victor does not take me by surprise,

If the rash conqueror does not hurry upon me,

Unless the Swift Conqueror takes me by surprise,

Or you abandon me while weapons rush forward.

nor leave me while still I grasp my arms.

Or you abandon me as weapons rush to strike.