أَطَلتُ فَخارَ المَجدِ بالبيضِ وَالسُمرِ

أَطَلتُ فَخارَ المَجدِ بالبيضِ وَالسُمرِ

وَقَصَّرتُ أَعمارَ العُداةِ عَلى قَسرِ

وَقَصَّرتُ أَعمارَ العُداةِ عَلى قَسرِ

I prolonged glory's pride with gleaming swords and dusky spears,

I have exalted the glory of triumph with the white and the brown

And shortened the lives of enemies by force.

And shortened the lives of enemies with distress

وَوَسَّعتُ سُبُلَ الجودِ طَبعا وَصَنعَةً

وَوَسَّعتُ سُبُلَ الجودِ طَبعا وَصَنعَةً

لأشياءَ في العَلياءِ ضاقَ بِها صَدري

لأشياءَ في العَلياءِ ضاقَ بِها صَدري

And widened the paths of generosity, by nature and by practice,

And I widened the paths of generosity by nature and habit

For matters of lofty honor that made my breast grow tight.

For things in the sublime that my chest was too narrow for

فَلا مَجدَ لِلإِنسانِ ما كانَ ضِدُّهُ

فَلا مَجدَ لِلإِنسانِ ما كانَ ضِدُّهُ

يُشارِكُهُ في الدَهر بالنَهي وَالأَمرِ

يُشارِكُهُ في الدَهر بالنَهي وَالأَمرِ

For a man has no glory so long as his rival

So there is no glory for a person whose opponent

Shares with him in this world the power to forbid and command.

Shares with him in fate by prohibition and command